Unit9 Films Ltd
Registered name: UNIT9 FILMS LTD
Part of Unit 9 (Holdings) Limited groupUnit9 Films Ltd made £10.4m revenue and £571k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Unit9 Films Ltd’s revenue grew 33% to £10.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £571k profit and 11 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 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. From the filing: “Unit 9 (UK) Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.9m | £7.8m | £10.4m |
| Cost of sales | £5.5m | £6.3m | −£8.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £255k | £521k | £568k |
| Profit before tax | £255k | £521k | £571k |
| Profit after tax | £255k | £521k | £571k |
| Profit (best available) | £255k | £521k | £571k |
| Staff costs | £606k | £672k | — |
| Employees (average) | — | 10 | 11 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.7% | 6.7% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 19.2% | 19.3% | 17.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £784k | £946k |
| Profit per employee | — | £52.1k | £51.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▲32.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲104.6% | ▲9.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.4m | — |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £3.1m | — |
| Fixed assets | £10.1k | £5.8k | — |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £4.2m | — |
| Debtors | £464k | £463k | — |
| Deferred income | £170k | £621k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £946k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £51.9k
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Unit 9 (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Unit 9 (UK) Limited75–100%
- Unit9 Films Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- The Outsider LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Unit9 Apps LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Unit9 Digital Consulting LtdLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Unit9 Silk Road LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Ancient Futures LimitedLondon · Motion picture production activities
- Revenue
- £8.1m
- Profit
- £15k
- Staff
- 2,023
- Boswell Street Productions LimitedLondon · Motion picture production activities
- Revenue
- £7m
- Profit
- £72k
- Staff
- —
- Nysm3 Productions LimitedLondon · Motion picture production activities
- Revenue
- £6.8m
- Profit
- £3.9k
- Staff
- 4
- Spring Rains Productions LimitedLondon · Motion picture production activities
- Revenue
- £10.7m
- Profit
- £30k
- Staff
- —
- Blink Animation LimitedLondon · Motion picture production activities
- Revenue
- £11.1m
- Profit
- £700k
- Staff
- 23
- Twig Education LimitedLondon · Motion picture production activities
- Revenue
- £11.1m
- Profit
- £527k
- Staff
- 84
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £571k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.