How many employees does House Bird Limited have?

House Bird Limited reported an average of 0 employees in the year to 30 Sep 2024.

Company No. 14284931 · Incorporated 9 Aug 2022

House Bird Limited

Q: Is House Bird Limited profitable?

No — House Bird Limited reported a loss of £201k in the year to 30 Sep 2024.

Registered name: HOUSE BIRD LIMITED

Part of British Broadcasting Corporation group

House Bird Limited made a £201k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2024 (revenue not disclosed).

House Bird Limited reported a loss of £201k in the year to 30 Sep 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture production activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Profit onlySection J · Information and communicationSIC 59111Motion picture production activities

Status: Active
Location: London, London
Age: 4 yrs · since 2022
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2024

Key figures

Small team

Revenue

—

Not disclosed in filing

Profit

−£201k

Growth —

Profit margin

—

Employees

Change —

Profit / employee

—

Profitable streak

0yrs

Consecutive profitable years in our data

This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to	30 Sep 2023	30 Sep 2024
Disclosure	Profit only	Profit only
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)	—	—
Profit before tax	−£1.1m	−£201k
Profit (best available)	−£1.1m	−£201k
Employees (average)	0	0
Ratios
Profit margin	—	—
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank	£130k	£50.4k
Net assets	£100	£100
Current assets	£2.1m	£1.3m
Debtors	£189k	£1.4k
Deferred income	£76k	£33.6k
Source	Accounts · bulk data May 2024	FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025

Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin: —; Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin: —; 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: —; Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue: —; Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.

Indirect — not revenue

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 £100
Cash at bank: —; Now £50.4k
Headcount: —; Now 0
Deferred income: —; Now £33.6k
Fixed assets: —; Now —

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

British Broadcasting Corporationultimate parent75–100%
BBC Commercial Limited75–100%
BBC Studios Limited75–100%
BBC Studios Distribution Limited75–100%
House Productions Ltd75–100%
House Pictures Ltd75–100%
House Bird Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (2)

House Conclave LimitedRev. £2.3m · Profit £306k
House Starve Acre LimitedFigures not disclosed

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit −£201k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.