Blink Animation Limited
Registered name: BLINK ANIMATION LIMITED
Part of Zingiber London Limited groupBlink Animation Limited made £1.4m revenue and £451k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Blink Animation Limited’s revenue fell 87% to £1.4m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £451k profit. The company is classified under “motion picture production 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
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 and ultimate parent company is Zingiber London Limited, a company incorporated 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.9m | £11m | £11.1m | £1.4m |
| Cost of sales | £7.1m | £7.8m | £7.9m | −£495k |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £3.2m | £3.2m | £935k |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £1m | £516k | £437k |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £1m | £567k | £437k |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1.1m | £700k | £451k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1.1m | £700k | £451k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.5m | — |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 23 | 23 | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.8% | 10.3% | 6.3% | 31.5% |
| Gross margin | 35.4% | 29.1% | 28.7% | 65.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £497k | £477k | £481k | — |
| Profit per employee | £68.6k | £49k | £30.5k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.4% | ▲0.8% | ▼87.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼25.3% | ▼37.8% | ▼35.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.5% | 0% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.8m | £5.5m | £3.7m | — |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £3.6m | £3.6m | — |
| Fixed assets | £87.1k | £89.7k | £54.6k | — |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £8.4m | £7.5m | — |
| Debtors | £355k | £419k | £1.1m | — |
| Deferred income | £1.6m | £3.2m | £2.7m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 31.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.4%
- 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
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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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- Now —
- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Zingiber London Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Blink Animation Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Blink Industries LimitedRev. £24.3m · Profit £715k
- Blink Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Major Tom Media LimitedRev. — · Profit −£22.3k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £451k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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