Palmglen Limited
Registered name: PALMGLEN LIMITED
Part of The Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club Limited groupPalmglen Limited made £12.7m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Palmglen Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £12.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.1m profit and 103 employees. The company is classified under “public houses and bars” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- 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 immediate and ultimate parent company is The Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. Copies of the group financial statements can be obtained from Companies Ho”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £10.5m | £13.9m | £14.2m | £12.7m |
| Cost of sales | £3.2m | £5m | £5.4m | £5m |
| Gross profit | £7.2m | £8.9m | £8.8m | £7.8m |
| Operating profit | £4.6m | £3.4m | £3.3m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £4.6m | £3.6m | £3.4m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £3.7m | £2.9m | £2.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.7m | £2.9m | £2.5m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.9m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 80 | 88 | 104 | 103 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 35.4% | 20.6% | 17.5% | 8.6% |
| Gross margin | 69.1% | 64.1% | 61.9% | 61.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £131k | £158k | £136k | £124k |
| Profit per employee | £46.3k | £32.5k | £23.8k | £10.7k |
| Cash conversion | −96.4% | −70.7% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲32.6% | ▲2.2% | ▼10.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼22.6% | ▼13.6% | ▼55.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% | ▲18.2% | ▼1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.4m | £4.8m | £4.1m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £6.8m | £6.6m | £5.3m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £961k |
| Current assets | £9m | £8.6m | £7.2m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £233k | £304k | £526k | £266k |
| Deferred income | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2m | £2.6m |
| Cash from operations | −£4.5m | −£2.4m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 61.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £124k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 20.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼47%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 103
- Deferred income
- ▲27%
- Now £2.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▼42%
- Now £961k
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
- The Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Palmglen Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Ronnie Scott's 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 Mar 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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