Wild Child Animation Enters Administration

March 3, 2026 Jamie Stalcup

The Scottish animation studio Wild Child Animation has entered administration, but is continuing to trade while a buyer is sought.

Wild Child is currently working with Magic Light Pictures on the series Zog. Magic Light is supporting Wild Child for a limited period by helping to pay employee and contractor costs for Zog.

Gordon McIntyre and Donald McKinnon of Wbg Services LLP have been appointed as joint administrators of Wild Child Animation.

“I have granted a licence to occupy to Magic Light Pictures to enable work to proceed on Zog and fund ongoing production pending the completion of a sale of Wild Child Animation,” McIntyre said. “Working together with Magic Light Pictures, we will trade Wild Child Animation for a two-week period while a marketing exercise is undertaken and a closing date for claims and offers to buy the business is set for Friday, March 13.

“It is a challenging time for the industry, and while Wild Child Animation had recently completed several contracts and others had been greenlit, due to uncertainties in the market, partly driven by AI, and partly by the fact that several national broadcasters, such as Sky Kids, have decided not to commission new content, this has caused a crunch in the available work for animation studios, which has resulted in Wild Child Animation going into administration.”

“I am incredibly proud of everything we’ve achieved at Wild Child Animation over the past six years,” commented Sueann Rochester, co-founder and CEO of Wild Child. “We built something truly special—not just in the work we created, but in the extraordinary team behind it. I will be forever grateful to the talented, passionate people who made that journey possible.”

She continued, “While it’s devastating that we’ve not been able to continue, I take great comfort in knowing that Magic Light Pictures has stepped in to complete production of Zog, keeping the team together and ensuring the work remains here in Scotland. That legacy of creativity and collaboration means everything.”