Carnival Productions Limited
Registered name: CARNIVAL PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
Part of Comcast Corporation groupCarnival Productions Limited made £24.1m revenue and £35k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Carnival Productions Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £24.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £35k profit. 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
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £14.7m | £25.2m | £24.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£16.4m | −£31.4m | −£31.4m |
| Gross profit | −£1.7m | −£6.2m | −£7.2m |
| Operating profit | −£1.8m | −£6.3m | £35k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.8m | −£6.3m | £35k |
| Profit after tax | £32.6k | £35k | £35k |
| Profit (best available) | £32.6k | £35k | £35k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | −11.9% | −24.7% | −30% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲71.5% | ▼4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲7.4% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −30%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Comcast Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Nbcuniversal International Limited75–100%
- Carnival Film & Television Limited75–100%
- Carnival Productions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Carnival (Charles Dickens) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Carnival Productions Two LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Castle Pictures LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £35k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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