Hidden Heart Productions Limited
Registered name: HIDDEN HEART PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
Part of The Walt Disney Company groupHidden Heart Productions Limited made £45.3m revenue and £2.7k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Hidden Heart Productions Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £45.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.7k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent is Banner Productions Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £109m | £52.3m | £45.3m |
| Cost of sales | £145m | £67.7m | £53m |
| Gross profit | −£36.5m | −£15.3m | −£7.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£109k |
| Profit before tax | −£29.5m | −£15.3m | £200k |
| Profit after tax | £23.6k | £7.9k | £2.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £23.6k | £7.9k | £2.7k |
| Staff costs | £19.3m | £4.8m | £453k |
| Employees (average) | 354 | 65 | 9 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Gross margin | −33.7% | −29.3% | −17% |
| Revenue per employee | £307k | £805k | £5m |
| Profit per employee | £67 | £122 | £304 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼13.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼65.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼86.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £8.8m | £3.6m | £841k |
| Net assets | £24.6k | £32.5k | £35.2k |
| Current assets | £55.2m | £29.1m | £23m |
| Debtors | £46.4m | £25.4m | £22.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −17%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £304
- 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
- 48.9%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £35.2k
- Cash at bank
- ▼77%
- Now £841k
- Headcount
- ▼86%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Walt Disney Company (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Wedco Emea Ventures Limited75–100%
- The Walt Disney Company Limited75–100%
- Banner Productions Limited75–100%
- Hidden Heart Productions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £2.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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