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Company No. 11035465 · Incorporated 27 Oct 2017

Sand Castle Pictures Limited

Registered name: SAND CASTLE PICTURES LIMITED

Part of The Walt Disney Company group

Sand Castle Pictures Limited made £2.5m revenue and £11.5k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text

Sand Castle Pictures Limited’s revenue fell 84% to £2.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £11.5k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 59111Motion picture production activities
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
8 yrs · since 2017
Type
Private Limited Company

Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.

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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Aug 2025

Key figures

Small team
Revenue
£2.5m
Growth ▼83.7%
Profit
£11.5k
Growth ▼4%
Profit margin
0.5%
Gross −17.8%
Employees
0
Change —
Profit / employee
—
 
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Aug 202331 Aug 202431 Aug 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£24.1m£15.1m£2.5m
Cost of sales£27m£18.3m£2.9m
Gross profit−£3m−£3.2m−£438k
Profit before tax−£3m−£3.2m−£456k
Profit after tax£16.9k£12k£11.5k
Profit (best available)£16.9k£12k£11.5k
Staff costs£221k£0—
Employees (average)300
Ratios
Profit margin0.1%0.1%0.5%
Gross margin−12.4%−21.3%−17.8%
Revenue per employee£8m——
Profit per employee£5.6k——
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼37.4%▼83.7%
Profit growth—▼29.1%▼4%
Headcount growth—▼100%—
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£10.4m£48.7k£66.7k
Net assets£50.9k£62.8k£74.3k
Current assets£29.2m£10.3m£6.6m
Debtors£18.8m£10.3m£6.6m
Deferred income£361k£952k£499k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
−17.8%
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
20.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
267.4%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲18%
Now £74.3k
Cash at bank
▲37%
Now £66.7k
Headcount
—
Now 0
Deferred income
▼48%
Now £499k
Fixed assets
—
Now —

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. The Walt Disney Company (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Wedco Emea Ventures Limited75–100%
  3. The Walt Disney Company Limited75–100%
  4. Banner Productions Limited75–100%
  5. Sand Castle Pictures Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (44)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £11.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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