Potter's Leisure Ltd.
Registered name: POTTER'S LEISURE LTD.
Part of Potters Resorts Limited groupPotter's Leisure Ltd. made £34.4m revenue and £3.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Potter's Leisure Ltd.’s revenue grew 7% to £34.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.5m profit and 519 employees. The company is classified under “other amusement and recreation activities” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 78 yrs · since 1948
- 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: “Potters Resorts Ltd”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28m | £29.6m | £32m | £34.4m |
| Cost of sales | £5.3m | £5.6m | £5.8m | £6.2m |
| Gross profit | £22.8m | £24m | £26.2m | £28.1m |
| Operating profit | £5.3m | £2.8m | £3.9m | £4.3m |
| Profit before tax | £5.3m | £2.8m | £3.8m | £4.4m |
| Profit after tax | £5m | £2.7m | £3.7m | £3.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £5m | £2.7m | £3.7m | £3.5m |
| Staff costs | £10.8m | £12.1m | £13.9m | £14.8m |
| Employees (average) | 477 | 494 | 524 | 519 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.9% | 9.1% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| Gross margin | 81.3% | 81% | 82% | 81.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £58.8k | £59.9k | £61k | £66.2k |
| Profit per employee | £10.5k | £5.5k | £7.1k | £6.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.5% | ▲8% | ▲7.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼46.1% | ▲38.3% | ▼5.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.6% | ▲6.1% | ▼0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £94.3k | £42.8k | £2.4m | £4.8m |
| Net assets | £22.6m | £25.1m | £28.7m | £24.7m |
| Fixed assets | £23.4m | £23.7m | £23.7m | £23.5m |
| Current assets | £16.8m | £18.6m | £20.2m | £17.8m |
| Debtors | £16.5m | £819 | £17.5m | £11.4k |
| Deferred income | £8.8m | £8.6m | £8.6m | £8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 81.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £66.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 68.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 23.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £24.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲95%
- Now £4.8m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 519
- Deferred income
- ▼6%
- Now £8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £23.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Potters Resorts Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Potter's Leisure Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Potters Abroad LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- A.b. Hotels (Five Lakes) LimitedRev. £20.1m · Profit £2.2m
- Employeehappinessscore (Ehs) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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