STV Studios Services Limited
Registered name: STV STUDIOS SERVICES LIMITED
Part of STV Group PLC groupSTV Studios Services Limited made a £41.4k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023 (revenue not disclosed).
STV Studios Services Limited reported a loss of £41.4k in the year to 31 Dec 2023; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 18 employees. The company is classified under “television programme distribution activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | −£754k | −£41.4k |
| Profit (best available) | −£754k | −£41.4k |
| Employees (average) | — | 18 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | −£2.3k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £63.7k | £812k |
| Net assets | −£2.5m | £9.5m |
| Fixed assets | £8.4m | £8.1m |
| Current assets | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Debtors | £325k | £162k |
| Deferred income | £420k | £296k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.3k
- 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 £9.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1176%
- Now £812k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 18
- Deferred income
- ▼29%
- Now £296k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £8.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- STV Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- STV News Services Limited75–100%
- STV Television Limited75–100%
- STV Studios Limited75–100%
- STV Studios Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (6)
- Crackit Productions LimitedRev. £8.4m · Profit £1.4m
- Flicker Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hello Halo Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rumpus Media LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Teal Media LtdFigures not disclosed
- Tuesday's Child Television LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (7)
- STV Documentaries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- STV Drama Productions 3 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- STV Drama Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- STV Factual 2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- STV Factual LimitedFigures not disclosed
- STV Tod Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Two Cities Television 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 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£41.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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