Voltage TV Productions Limited
Registered name: VOLTAGE TV PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
Part of British Broadcasting Corporation groupVoltage TV Productions Limited made £5.7m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Voltage TV Productions Limited’s revenue fell 60% to £5.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with a loss of £1.1m. The company is classified under “television programme production activities” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £8.9m | £14.3m | £5.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£5.9m | −£9.6m | −£4.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3m | £4.7m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £906k | £2.6m | −£1.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £905k | £2.6m | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £703k | £1.9m | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £703k | £1.9m | −£1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 49 | 37 | 39 | — |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 7.9% | 13.4% | −19.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 34% | 32.6% | 29.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £241k | £366k | — |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £19k | £49.3k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲60% | ▼59.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲173.5% | ▼157.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼24.5% | ▲5.4% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £3m | £1.3m | — | — |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £2m | £2.7m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £12k | £30.2k | £19.6k | — | — |
| Current assets | £8.3m | £6.3m | £4.2m | — | — |
| Debtors | £488k | £1.9m | £2m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £6.1m | £2.9m | £712k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −19.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- 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
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Ownership chain
- British Broadcasting Corporationultimate parent75–100%
- BBC Commercial Limited75–100%
- BBC Studios Limited75–100%
- BBC Studios Distribution Limited75–100%
- Voltage TV Productions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ehv Films LimitedRev. −£296k · Profit −£427k
Sister companies (24)
- Lookout Point LimitedRev. £13.4m · Profit −£1.5m
- Mothership Productions LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit £337k
- Baby Cow Productions LimitedRev. £2m · Profit −£374k
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- BBC Earth Productions (Africa) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BBC Earth Productions (Life) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BBC Earth Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BBC Magazines Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BBC Studios Channel Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BBC Studios Corporate Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BBC Studios Drama Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BBC Studios Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Beeb Rights LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Britbox International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Clerkenwell Films LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Denipurna LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Firebird Pictures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- House Productions LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sid Gentle Films (Honey) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sid Gentle Films LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tonto Films and Television LimitedFigures not disclosed
- UK Programme Distribution LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uktv Media Holdings 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 Mar 2026 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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