Trunk

Name

Trunk

Legal name

Trunk Animation Studio London

Website

https://trunk.me.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Animation Production Services: Full-service animation production for commercials, music videos, broadcast content, and interactive projects. Revenue generated through project-based fees for custom animation work across multiple formats and industries.
2. Music Video Production: Specialized music video production for record labels and artists, including lyric videos, official music videos, and promotional content.
3. Broadcast and Film Projects: Production of content for film, broadcast television, and streaming platforms including documentary support, branded content, and promotional materials.
4. Interactive and Live Event Visuals: Creation of tour visuals, projections for live events, and interactive content for museums and exhibitions.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Trunk is a BAFTA award-winning animation production studio that creates commissioned animated content for music artists, global brands, broadcasters, charities, and NGOs. Its core work spans music videos, commercial advertisements, broadcast idents and promos, brand films, tour visuals, live event projections, and interactive installations for museums, delivered through techniques that include stop motion, 2D, 3D, live action, scratch film, pixilation, and motion control.

Product overview

Trunk is a multi-award winning animation production company offering a comprehensive suite of creative services. The company's core offering encompasses animation production for film, broadcast, commercials, music videos, interactive projects, tour visuals, and live event projections. The studio is known for developing unique artistic styles and techniques tailored to each project's storytelling needs, working across diverse media formats. Trunk operates with a roster of directors including Layla Atkinson, Rok Predin, Pete Mellor, and Junior Martinez, who lead projects spanning from music videos for major artists like The Beatles and Rolling Stones to branded content for global corporations including Jaguar, Cisco, and Lego.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Animation Production Services Full-service, multi-technique animation production for film, broadcast, commercials, music videos, interactive projects, tour visuals, and live event projections, delivered for agencies, brands, broadcasters, and record labels.
• Music Video Production Animated music videos, lyric videos, and promotional film commissions for recording artists and labels, including work for The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Blur, Villagers, Floating Points, and Shirley Collins.
• Commercial Animation Brand films and animated commercials for marketing campaigns, product launches, and corporate communications, for clients including Jaguar, Cisco, New Look, Rightmove, Lego, and Kaspersky.
• Broadcast Animation Promotional spots, idents, and bumpers produced for television broadcasters and streaming platforms including BBC Four and Canal+ content (e.g., Liga de Campeones).
• Tour Visuals and Live Event Projections Animated visual content and projections designed for concerts, touring productions, and live event experiences.
• Interactive Projects Interactive animated content and installations produced for museums, exhibitions, and digital experiences, including work for Kew Gardens and the Mishkat Interactive Centre for Atomic and Renewable Energy.

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered multiple projects for The Beatles including four major music videos for White Album and Revolver reissues
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• H.I. (Hamill Industries)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Executive production partnership for 3D light painting projects. H.I. provided technical development and executive production for the Floating Points Silhouettes video.
• Hamill IndustriescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical partnership with Hamill Industries in Barcelona for 3D light painting technology development. The motion rig that converts digital 3D data into analogue movement was built at Hamill Industries and used for Floating Points Silhouettes project.
• MRM MeteoriteminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAgency partner for Cisco Evolution of Success project. MRM Meteorite acted as the advertising agency bringing the Cisco account to Trunk for animation production.
• RPAminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLA-based agency that approached Trunk for Imaginary Friend Society project on behalf of Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. Also involved in Cisco project.
• HomebrewminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLondon-based agency that commissioned Trunk for Rightmove School Checker project. Called Trunk to animate Anna Kovecses illustrations for Rightmove campaign.
• Handsome FrankminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIllustration agency representing Anna Kovecses whose work was animated by Trunk for Rightmove project.
• Apple Corps Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial Beatles company that granted access to archive materials and collaborated with Trunk on multiple Beatles music video projects including Glass Onion and Back in the USSR.
• Universal MusiccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor record label that commissioned Beatles projects and Rolling Stones projects. Worked with Trunk on album reissue content.
• PolydorminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRecord label that commissioned Rolling Stones Doom and Gloom and Wild Horses lyric videos.
• FP CreativeminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAgency that created Jaguar C-X17 concept car launch film with Trunk.
• Leo Burnett JakartaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAdvertising agency office that commissioned Jenius banking app animation series for Encore Pictures.
• Peepshow CollectivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing creative partnership for illustration and animation projects. Spencer Wilson from Peepshow has collaborated on multiple campaigns including Kaspersky, Jenius, and The Car Buying Service.
• Domino RecordscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRecord label that commissioned multiple music videos including Villagers That Golden Time, Shirley Collins Pretty Polly, and Steve Mason Alive.
• Peepshow CollectivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIllustration partnership for Michael J Fox Foundation project. Spencer Wilson created backgrounds using Illustrator magic.
• FoniccoreTechnology or IntegrationLong-standing audio post-production partner providing sound design, mixing, and music composition across projects. Worked on numerous campaigns including Cisco, Rightmove, and Aftermath.
• Encore PicturesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProduction company that contacted Trunk with outline brief for Jenius banking app films through Leo Burnett Jakarta.
• 8 de AgostominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProduction company for San Miguel Primavera and Canal+ Liga de Campeones projects.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Psyop: NYC-based animation and content studio producing commercials, music videos, and branded entertainment. Comparable as a similarly-sized animation production studio with premium brand and music label clients.
• Hornet Inc. Animation and mixed-media studio known for stylistically distinctive commercials and music videos. Comparable as a multi-technique boutique competing for similar high-end music and brand briefs.
• Aardman Animations: Iconic UK animation studio (Wallace & Gromit) with substantial commercials, music video, and branded content operations. Comparable as a BAFTA-recognised, multi-technique animation house serving advertisers and broadcasters globally.
• Giant Ant: Animation and design studio producing commercials, broadcast content, and brand films with a distinctive mixed-media approach. Comparable given similar size, technique breadth, and brand/music client mix.
• Nexus Studios: London-based animation and interactive studio producing commercials, music videos, and brand films for global brands. Closest direct peer given shared geography, client overlap with major music labels and brands, and comparable multi-technique animation approach.
• Studio AKA: London animation studio renowned for character-driven commercials and music videos (Radiohead, Beck, Blur). Highly comparable given shared UK base, award pedigree, and music-label client base.
• Buck: Design-driven animation and motion graphics studio producing commercials, brand films, and interactive experiences for global brands. Comparable as a multi-style animation house competing for similar agency-led briefs.
• Passion Pictures: London-based animation and documentary production studio with a strong commercials and music video book (Gorillaz, Blur, R.E.M.). Comparable for shared format mix (music video + brand film), award credentials, and major-label client relationships.

Broad incumbents

• MPC (Moving Picture Company): Global VFX and animation studio servicing film, advertising, and brand content at scale. Comparable as an animation provider to the same agency and brand clients, though typically operating at much larger budgets and scope.
• The Mill: Global VFX, post-production, and animation powerhouse with major brand and advertising clients. Comparable at the capability-overlap level (animation for commercials) though materially larger and broader in scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/trunkanimation
• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/trunk-animation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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