Motion Picture Solutions Limited
Registered name: MOTION PICTURE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Motion Picture Solutions Trustee Limited groupMotion Picture Solutions Limited made £16.5m revenue and £963k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Motion Picture Solutions Limited’s revenue was £16.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £963k profit and 135 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture distribution activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.5m | £21m | £16.6m | £16.5m |
| Cost of sales | £9.5m | £11.3m | −£7.5m | −£6.8m |
| Gross profit | £10.9m | £9.7m | £9.1m | £9.7m |
| Operating profit | £356k | −£199k | −£574k | £17.4k |
| Profit before tax | £753k | −£126k | £169k | £942k |
| Profit after tax | £592k | −£151k | £334k | £963k |
| Profit (best available) | £592k | −£151k | £334k | £963k |
| Employees (average) | 149 | 144 | 132 | 135 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | −0.7% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Gross margin | 53.4% | 46.3% | 54.6% | 59% |
| Revenue per employee | £137k | £146k | £126k | £122k |
| Profit per employee | £4k | −£1k | £2.5k | £7.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▼21.1% | ▼0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼125.4% | — | ▲188.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.4% | ▼8.3% | ▲2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £30k | £34.7k | £22.7k | — |
| Net assets | £6.6m | £6.6m | £5.5m | — |
| Fixed assets | £8.8m | £8.7m | £6.5m | — |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £5.2m | £4.6m | — |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.9m | £3.1m | — |
| Deferred income | £1.6m | £758k | £747k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 59%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £122k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.1k
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now 135
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Motion Picture Solutions Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Motion Picture Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Chinagraph London LtdFigures not disclosed
- Cinefilm LimitedFigures not disclosed
- MPS Distribution LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tde Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £963k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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