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Aardman losses rise in line with forecasts
South Wales Echo
|October 23, 2025
AARDMAN, the animation studio renowned for creating Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, has reported an increased pretax loss of £5m for 2024, up from a loss of £550,135 in 2023.
The Bristol-based company's turnover also fell from £26.7m to £20.9m, according to newly-filed accounts at Companies House.
Despite this, the employee-owned firm had anticipated a loss-making year in 2024 as part of its five-year business plan, which included significant investment in its intellectual property.
Costs reached a record high in 2024 due to redundancies made during a comprehensive review of operations.
However, the overall number of employees actually rose over the year as new roles were created within the company.
This story is from the October 23, 2025 edition of South Wales Echo.
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