Firebird Pictures Limited
Registered name: FIREBIRD PICTURES LIMITED
Part of British Broadcasting Corporation groupFirebird Pictures Limited made £2.3m revenue and a £208k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Firebird Pictures Limited’s revenue fell 31% to £2.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with a loss of £208k. 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
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.9m | £3.3m | £2.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£5.5m | −£723k | −£524k |
| Gross profit | £383k | £2.6m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | −£1.2m | £657k | −£171k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.1m | £591k | −£208k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.1m | £592k | −£208k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.1m | £592k | −£208k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −19.5% | 17.7% | −9% |
| Gross margin | 6.5% | 78.4% | 77.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼43.2% | ▼30.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼135.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 77.3%
- 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
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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
- British Broadcasting Corporationultimate parent75–100%
- BBC Commercial Limited75–100%
- BBC Studios Limited75–100%
- BBC Studios Distribution Limited75–100%
- Firebird Pictures Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Wilder (UK) Productions LimitedRev. £31.4m · Profit £18.2k
- Belladonna Productions LimitedRev. £18.9m · Profit £234k
- Jayia Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mitrageous LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Small Pier Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (24)
- Lookout Point LimitedRev. £13.4m · Profit −£1.5m
- Voltage TV Productions LimitedRev. £5.7m · Profit −£1.1m
- Mothership Productions LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit £337k
- Baby Cow Productions LimitedRev. £2m · Profit −£374k
- 2 Entertain LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BBC Earth MD (WWD) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- 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
- 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).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit −£208k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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