Charlie’s Tale Limited
Registered name: CHARLIE’S TALE LIMITED
Part of Comcast Corporation groupCharlie’s Tale Limited made £219m revenue and £23.1k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Charlie’s Tale Limited’s revenue was £219m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £23.1k profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2024
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £219m |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £226m |
| Gross profit | £0 | −£7.2m |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £23.1k |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £23.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £23.1k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 54 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | 0% |
| Gross margin | — | −3.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £4m |
| Profit per employee | — | £428 |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £5.5m |
| Net assets | £1 | £23.1k |
| Current assets | £1 | £28.2m |
| Debtors | £1 | £22.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −3.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £428
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.4%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now £23.1k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £5.5m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Comcast Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Universal Pictures Group (UK) Limited75–100%
- Universal Pictures Limited75–100%
- Charlie’s Tale Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £23.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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