Cambridge United Football Club Limited
Registered name: CAMBRIDGE UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
Cambridge United Football Club Limited made £9.2m revenue and a £3.7m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Cambridge United Football Club Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £9.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £3.7m and 223 employees. The company is classified under “operation of sports facilities” and is based in Cambridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridge, East of England
- Age
- 76 yrs · since 1950
- 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: “The ultimate parent company is Cambridge United Sporting Club Inc, a company incorporated in United States of America at 2095 Rose Point Lane, Kirkland, Washington, United States.”
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.7m | £7.1m | £8.3m | £9.2m |
| Cost of sales | £2.7m | £3.2m | £3.5m | £3.9m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £3.8m | £4.8m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | £333k | −£1.7m | −£2.6m | −£3.7m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£1.7m | −£2.6m | −£3.7m |
| Profit after tax | £333k | −£1.7m | −£2.6m | −£3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £333k | −£1.7m | −£2.6m | −£3.7m |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £4.9m | £6.3m | — |
| Employees (average) | 212 | 213 | 222 | 223 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.3% | −24.7% | −30.9% | −40.4% |
| Gross margin | 64.4% | 54.2% | 58.4% | 57.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £36.3k | £33.3k | £37.4k | £41.5k |
| Profit per employee | £1.6k | −£8.2k | −£11.6k | −£16.8k |
| Cash conversion | 1079% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.9% | ▲17.2% | ▲11.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼625.4% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.5% | ▲4.2% | ▲0.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.7m | £3m | £993k | £298k |
| Net assets | £2m | £8.1m | £8.5m | £5.8m |
| Fixed assets | £480k | £6.4m | £9.5m | £9.5m |
| Current assets | £6.5m | £3.8m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £520k | £336k | £199k | £546k |
| Deferred income | £809k | £834k | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | £3.6m | −£4.5m | −£1.6m | £3.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −40.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £41.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£16.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 102.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- 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
- ▼32%
- Now £5.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼70%
- Now £298k
- Headcount
- ▲0%
- Now 223
- Deferred income
- ▼17%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £9.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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