Simon's Cat Limited
Registered name: SIMON'S CAT LIMITED
Part of Banijay Entertainment UK Limited groupSimon's Cat Limited made £1m revenue and £409k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Simon's Cat Limited’s revenue was £1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £409k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “book publishing” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2008
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | No P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | −£43k |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £973k |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £543k |
| Profit before tax | £196k | £869k | — | £547k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | £409k |
| Profit (best available) | £196k | £869k | — | £409k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | 40.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 95.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £102k |
| Profit per employee | £24.5k | £109k | — | £40.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▲343.7% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲12.5% | ▲11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3k | £5.6k | £142k | — |
| Net assets | £652k | £1.5m | £2.9m | — |
| Current assets | £799k | £1.6m | £4.1m | — |
| Debtors | £484k | £25.8k | £37.7k | — |
| Deferred income | £31.7k | £92.9k | £1.1m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 40.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 95.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £102k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £40.9k
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Banijay Entertainment UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Banijay Media Limited75–100%
- Banijay UK Productions Limited50–75%
- Simon's Cat 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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £409k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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