Dark Forest Productions Limited
Registered name: DARK FOREST PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
Part of The Walt Disney Company groupDark Forest Productions Limited made £691k revenue and £11.1k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Dark Forest Productions Limited’s revenue fell 26% to £691k in the year to 31 May 2025, with £11.1k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1m | £790k | £930k | £691k |
| Cost of sales | £1.2m | £898k | £1.1m | £774k |
| Gross profit | −£152k | −£108k | −£141k | −£83.1k |
| Profit before tax | −£165k | −£129k | −£157k | −£110k |
| Profit after tax | £11.2k | £12.5k | £11.9k | £11.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £11.2k | £12.5k | £11.9k | £11.1k |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | −14.8% | −13.7% | −15.1% | −12% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼23% | ▲17.8% | ▼25.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲11.9% | ▼4.5% | ▼6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £187k | £14k | £14.9k |
| Net assets | £118k | £130k | £142k | £153k |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £331k | £328k | £306k |
| Debtors | £184k | £144k | £314k | £291k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −12%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 42.1%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £153k
- Cash at bank
- ▲7%
- Now £14.9k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Walt Disney Company (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Wedco Emea Ventures Limited75–100%
- The Walt Disney Company Limited75–100%
- Banner Productions Limited75–100%
- Dark Forest Productions 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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £11.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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