Brief Productions Limited
Registered name: BRIEF PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
Part of Banijay Entertainment UK Limited groupBrief Productions Limited made £29.3m revenue and £0 profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
Brief Productions Limited’s revenue was £29.3m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £0 profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in London.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 1 yr · since 2025
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.3m |
| Cost of sales | £39.2m |
| Gross profit | −£9.9m |
| Operating profit | £660k |
| Profit before tax | £660k |
| Profit after tax | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 0 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | 0% |
| Gross margin | −33.8% |
| Cash conversion | 147.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Cash at bank | £316k |
| Net assets | £1 |
| Current assets | £17m |
| Debtors | £16.7m |
| Deferred income | £85.4k |
| Cash from operations | £976k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −33.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 147.8%
- 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
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 57%
- 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 £1
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £316k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £85.4k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Banijay Entertainment UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- DLG Acquisitions Limited75–100%
- New Pictures Limited75–100%
- Brief Productions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (10)
- Blu Production LtdRev. £21.1m · Profit −£1.1m
- Cha Productions LtdFigures not disclosed
- Cron Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dalg 4 Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ents Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ken Productions LimitedRev. — · Profit £30.3k
- Man Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pun Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Requiem Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- TSP2 Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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