Peterborough United Football Club Limited
Registered name: PETERBOROUGH UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
Part of Dma Holdings S.A groupPeterborough United Football Club Limited made £15.9m revenue and £2.9m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Peterborough United Football Club Limited’s revenue grew 56% to £15.9m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £2.9m profit and 241 employees. The company is classified under “operation of sports facilities” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- Age
- 92 yrs · since 1934
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “At the balance sheet date the ultimate controlling party was DMA Holdings S.A. by virtue of their majority shareholding.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.1m | £10.5m | £10.2m | £15.9m |
| Cost of sales | £4.2m | £4.1m | £3.8m | £5.6m |
| Gross profit | £13.9m | £6.5m | £6.4m | £10.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | −£2.2m | −£1.2m | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | £860k | −£3.5m | −£2.3m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £933k | −£3.5m | −£2.3m | £2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £933k | −£3.5m | −£2.3m | £2.9m |
| Staff costs | £9.1m | £7.7m | £7.3m | £8.5m |
| Employees (average) | 222 | 239 | 251 | 241 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.2% | −33.5% | −22.8% | 18.3% |
| Gross margin | 76.9% | 61.6% | 62.5% | 65% |
| Revenue per employee | £81.4k | £44.1k | £40.5k | £66.1k |
| Profit per employee | £4.2k | −£14.8k | −£9.2k | £12.1k |
| Cash conversion | −204.1% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼41.7% | ▼3.5% | ▲56.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼478.6% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▲5% | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £172k | £292k | £149k |
| Net assets | −£12.4m | −£15.9m | −£16.6m | −£13.5m |
| Fixed assets | £6.7m | £5.1m | £4.5m | £5.9m |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £4.2m | £6.5m | £7.9m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £3.1m | £5.2m | £6.5m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.1m | £918k | £771k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.5m | — | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £66.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 37%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 40.5%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now −£13.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼49%
- Now £149k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 241
- Deferred income
- ▼16%
- Now £771k
- Fixed assets
- ▲32%
- Now £5.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dma Holdings S.A (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Peterborough United Football Club Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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