Goldcrest Investment Holdings Limited
Registered name: GOLDCREST INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED
Goldcrest Investment Holdings Limited made £19.4m revenue and a £2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Goldcrest Investment Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £19.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2m and 134 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.5m | £17.3m | £19.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£13.4m | −£10.3m | −£10.1m |
| Gross profit | £10.1m | £6.9m | £9.3m |
| Operating profit | £294k | −£3.4m | −£1.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£305k | −£3.9m | −£2m |
| Profit after tax | −£344k | −£3.9m | −£2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£344k | −£3.9m | −£2m |
| Employees (average) | 142 | 130 | 134 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.5% | −22.4% | −10.5% |
| Gross margin | 43% | 40.3% | 47.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £165k | £133k | £145k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.4k | −£29.7k | −£15.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼26.6% | ▲12.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.5% | ▲3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −10.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £145k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£15.1k
- 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
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 134
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (8)
- Goldcrest Films International LimitedRev. £1.5m · Profit £53.4k
- Goldcrest Film Distribution LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Goldcrest Film Rights LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Goldcrest Films and Television (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Goldcrest Films and Television LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Goldcrest Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Goldcrest Pictures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Goldcrest Post Production Facilities LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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