Pilot Skies Limited
Registered name: PILOT SKIES LIMITED
Part of 60Forty Films Limited groupPilot Skies Limited made £44.3m revenue and £0 profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025. read from filing text
Pilot Skies Limited’s revenue grew 1706% to £44.3m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £0 profit and 112 employees. The company is classified under “television programme 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 parent undertaking is 60Forty Films Limited, a company registered in England Wales and its registered office is 21 Poland Street, Third Floor, London, England, W1F 8QG.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £39.2m | £9.8m | £2.5m | £44.3m |
| Cost of sales | £48.7m | £12.9m | £2.9m | £56.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £458k | −£12.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£9.6m | −£2.7m | £480k | £172k |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £549k | £0 | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 73 | 23 | 0 | 112 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 18.7% | −27.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £537k | £425k | — | £396k |
| Profit per employee | £0 | £0 | — | £0 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲1706% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9.4m | £2.4m | £334k | £6.2m |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Current assets | — | £15.4m | £975k | £22.3m |
| Debtors | £10.9m | £13m | £642k | £16.1m |
| Deferred income | £3.3m | £3m | £31.9k | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£9.4m | £7m | £14.4m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −27.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £396k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £0
- 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
- 3.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 36.3%
- 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
- ▲1755%
- Now £6.2m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 112
- Deferred income
- ▲4658%
- Now £1.5m
- 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
- 60Forty Films Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Pilot Skies Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Moyne River Av LimitedRev. £20.6m · Profit £0
- 60Forty Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bailey Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Larkin Av LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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