Profits at Windmill Lane studio fall 84%

PRE-TAX profits at the well-known TV and film editing studio, Windmill Lane Pictures, that helped produce the recent controversial “Bertie in the cupboard” advert, plummeted last year by 84% to €135,570.

The studio counts the advert amongst its recent post production credits and figures to the end of December 2009 show that the gross profit at Windmill Lane Pictures Ltd reduced by 26% from €4.2 million to €3m.

The figures filed with the Companies Office show that the company’s operating profit dropped by 86% from €782,069 to €103,344.