Narrative Entertainment UK Limited
Registered name: NARRATIVE ENTERTAINMENT UK LIMITED
Narrative Entertainment UK Limited made £37.7m revenue and £498k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Narrative Entertainment UK Limited’s revenue fell 25% to £37.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £498k profit. The company is classified under “television programming and broadcasting activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.5m | £35.7m | £50m | £37.7m |
| Cost of sales | £25.2m | £31.6m | £33m | −£30.2m |
| Gross profit | £9.3m | £4.1m | £17m | £7.4m |
| Operating profit | £3.9m | −£1.6m | £10.5m | £45.4k |
| Profit before tax | £3.8m | −£1.6m | £11.3m | £735k |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | −£1.3m | £8.6m | £498k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | −£1.3m | £8.6m | £498k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £3m | £3.4m | — |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 50 | 55 | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.9% | −3.5% | 17.2% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 27% | 11.5% | 34% | 19.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £802k | £714k | £910k | — |
| Profit per employee | £71.6k | −£25.3k | £157k | — |
| Cash conversion | −282% | — | −128% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲40.2% | ▼24.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼94.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲10% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.7m | £6.3m | £11.8m | — |
| Net assets | £14.6m | £13.3m | £23.7m | — |
| Fixed assets | £9.7m | £9.7m | £8.7m | — |
| Current assets | £18.7m | £15.3m | £33.7m | — |
| Debtors | £6.1m | £3.7m | £14.8m | — |
| Deferred income | £4.3m | £4.7m | £4m | — |
| Cash from operations | −£10.9m | −£10.9m | −£13.4m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.7%
- 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
- —
- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Now —
- Headcount
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- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Frame Advertising LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Narrative Global Sales LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Narrative Pictures LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Narrative Global Limited (registered outside the UK register)
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £498k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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