Lancaster Leisure Limited
Registered name: LANCASTER LEISURE LIMITED
Lancaster Leisure Limited made £24.1m revenue and £26.5k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Lancaster Leisure Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £24.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £26.5k profit and 354 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Barnstaple; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnstaple, South West
- Age
- 66 yrs · since 1960
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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) | £20.8m | £21.8m | £22m | £24.1m |
| Cost of sales | £7.5m | £8.4m | £9m | £9.4m |
| Gross profit | £13.3m | £13.4m | £13m | £14.7m |
| Operating profit | £5.4m | £3.5m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £5.5m | £4.4m | £3.7m | £3.7m |
| Profit after tax | £91.5k | £24.8k | £485k | £26.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £91.5k | £24.8k | £485k | £26.5k |
| Staff costs | £7m | £7.2m | £7.8m | £9.2m |
| Employees (average) | 325 | 361 | 368 | 354 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | 0.1% | 2.2% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 63.8% | 61.4% | 59% | 60.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £63.9k | £60.3k | £59.7k | £68k |
| Profit per employee | £282 | £69 | £1.3k | £75 |
| Cash conversion | 61.1% | 116.4% | 101.5% | 186.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.7% | ▲1% | ▲9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼72.9% | ▲1857% | ▼94.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▲1.9% | ▼3.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £631k | £20m | £20.6m | £21.1m |
| Net assets | £22.7m | £22.7m | £21.2m | £21.2m |
| Fixed assets | £214k | £214k | £214k | £214k |
| Current assets | £23.8m | £25.9m | £25m | £26.9m |
| Debtors | £23.1m | £5.9m | £175 | £104 |
| Cash from operations | £3.3m | £4.1m | £2.4m | £4.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £68k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £75
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 186.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £21.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £21.1m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 354
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £214k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Woolacombe Bay Holiday Village LimitedRev. £19.1m · Profit £2.4m
- Woolacombe Bay Hotel Limited(The)Rev. £5m · Profit £400k
- Lancasters Trading & Development Co. LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £26.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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