BBC STUDIOS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
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Cash
£3m
+50% vs 2025
Net assets
£80m
+25% vs 2025
Employees
1,135
-15.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£18m
+28.6% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £451,000,000 | £422,000,000 | £376,000,000 | -10.9% | |
| Operating profit | £42,000,000 | £13,000,000 | £20,000,000 | +53.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £44,000,000 | £14,000,000 | £18,000,000 | +28.6% | |
| Net profit | £41,000,000 | £11,000,000 | £16,000,000 | +45.5% | |
| Cash | £3,000,000 | £2,000,000 | £3,000,000 | +50% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £122,000,000 | £143,000,000 | £154,000,000 | +7.7% | |
| Net assets | £103,000,000 | £64,000,000 | £80,000,000 | +25% | |
| Equity | £103,000,000 | £64,000,000 | £80,000,000 | +25% | |
| Average employees | 1,533 | 1,350 | 1,135 | -15.9% | |
| Wages | £91,000,000 | £88,000,000 | £81,000,000 | -8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £400,000 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.3% | 3.1% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 2.6% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.4% | 9.1% | 13.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.6% | 80.6% | 70.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.56x | 1.26x | 1.52x | |
| Interest cover | 42.00x | 13.00x | 6.67x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BBC STUDIOS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 2018-10-01 → present
- BBC STUDIOS LIMITED 2015-02-27 → 2018-10-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- National Audit Office
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The Directors remain satisfied with the Company's funding and liquidity position. The Commercial Group's forecasts and projections... show that the Company should be able to operate within the level of its current facilities for a period of no less than 12 months from the date of signing these accounts.”
Group structure
- BBC STUDIOS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED · parent
- BBC Studios Multi Genre Productions Limited 100%
- BBC Comedy Productions Limited 100%
- BBC Grafton House Productions Limited 100%
- BBC Natural History and Factual Productions Limited 100%
- BBC Studios Kids and Family Productions Limited 100%
- Mortimer Productions Limited 100%
- Nice and Accurate Productions Limited 100%
- BBC Studios Productions (Clifton) Canada Incorporated 100%
- BBC Studios Productions (Clifton) Limited 100%
- BBC Studios Productions (Kidnapped) Limited 100%
- BBC Studios Productions (Time) Limited 100%
- BBC Studios Productions (Time2) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In December 2025, President Donald J Trump filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida against (1) the BBC, (2) BBC Studios Distribution Limited, and (3) BBC Studios Productions Limited in respect of an episode of Panorama broadcast on BBC One, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer in October 2024. The claim brings two causes of action: (1) defamation; and (2) violation of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. The claim document states that up to USD $5 billion is claimed for each cause of action.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORRIETTE, Anthony | Secretary | 2017-03-31 | — | — |
| BENNETT, Zai | Director | 2025-10-01 | May 1974 | British |
| FREEMAN, Martyn Edward | Director | 2022-04-25 | Oct 1964 | British |
| JONES, Amanda Jane | Director | 2025-09-08 | Dec 1974 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLANKFIELD, Andrew Morris | Director | 2015-02-27 | 2016-12-20 |
| BULFORD, Anne Christine | Director | 2016-12-20 | 2017-09-18 |
| BURGESS, Lorraine Yasmin | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2024-06-26 |
| FUSSELL, Thomas Cyrus | Director | 2024-03-28 | 2025-10-01 |
| FUSSELL, Thomas Cyrus | Director | 2019-03-07 | 2022-04-01 |
| HALL, Anthony William, Lord | Director | 2016-12-20 | 2017-09-18 |
| LEE, Francis Ralph | Director | 2018-12-19 | 2024-03-28 |
| LINSEY, Mark Raymond | Director | 2016-12-20 | 2018-12-19 |
| MALLETT, Anna Celia, Dr | Director | 2016-12-20 | 2019-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bbc Ventures Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-12-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 63 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.