Dog Paddle Productions Limited
Registered name: DOG PADDLE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
Part of The Walt Disney Company groupDog Paddle Productions Limited made £167k revenue and £11.7k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Dog Paddle Productions Limited’s revenue fell 96% to £167k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £11.7k profit and 0 employees. 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
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 undertaking 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 | 30 Jun 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £29.8m | £4.7m | £167k |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £31m | £5.6m | £214k |
| Gross profit | £0 | −£1.2m | −£937k | −£46.2k |
| Profit before tax | £0 | −£1.2m | −£953k | −£66.8k |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £34.1k | £5.4k | £11.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £34.1k | £5.4k | £11.7k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 0.1% | 0.1% | 7% |
| Gross margin | — | −4% | −20% | −27.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £2.5m | £782k | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £2.8k | £902 | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼84.3% | ▼96.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼84.1% | ▲117% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼50% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £1.7m | £666k | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £1 | £34.1k | £39.5k | £51.2k |
| Current assets | £1 | £5.1m | £4.1m | £3.2m |
| Debtors | £1 | £3.4m | £3.4m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £0 | £175k | £24k | £65.1k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −27.6%
- 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
- 38.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1128%
- 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
- ▲30%
- Now £51.2k
- Cash at bank
- ▲92%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲171%
- Now £65.1k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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%
- Dog Paddle 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 £11.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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