Universal International Studios Limited
Registered name: UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL STUDIOS LIMITED
Part of Comcast Corporation groupUniversal International Studios Limited made £82.8m revenue and a £19.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Universal International Studios Limited’s revenue grew 94% to £82.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £19.5m and 58 employees. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £34.7m | £42.8m | £82.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£28m | −£40.8m | −£74.7m |
| Gross profit | £6.7m | £2m | £8.2m |
| Operating profit | −£14.4m | −£22.7m | −£12.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£44.4m | −£23.7m | −£20.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£43.5m | −£22.8m | −£19.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£43.5m | −£22.8m | −£19.5m |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 68 | 58 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −125.3% | −53.2% | −23.6% |
| Gross margin | 19.4% | 4.6% | 9.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £534k | £629k | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | −£669k | −£335k | −£337k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.1% | ▲93.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.6% | ▼14.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −23.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£337k
- 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
- ▼15%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Comcast Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Nbcuniversal International Limited75–100%
- Universal International Studios Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Heyday Television LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Umsi Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Working Title Television LimitedFigures not disclosed
- WTTV Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (8)
- Carnival Film & Television LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Focus Features International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nbcuniversal International Operations LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Pictures (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Pictures Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Pictures Visual Programming LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Television Alternative Studio UK Productions LtdFigures not disclosed
- Universal TV 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 −£19.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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