Grant Leisure Group Limited
Registered name: GRANT LEISURE GROUP LIMITED
Part of Parques Reunidos Servicios Centrales Sa groupGrant Leisure Group Limited made £12.1m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Grant Leisure Group Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £12.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.4m profit and 183 employees. The company is classified under “botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserves activities” and is based in Blackpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackpool, North West
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1982
- 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.
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) | £10m | £10.8m | £11.2m | £12.1m |
| Cost of sales | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Gross profit | £8.9m | £9.5m | £9.9m | £10.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £2m | £1.9m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £2m | £2m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3.2m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 103 | 182 | 183 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16.6% | 15.8% | 18.9% | 19.7% |
| Gross margin | 88.7% | 87.6% | 88.7% | 89.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £97.4k | £105k | £61.4k | £65.9k |
| Profit per employee | £16.2k | £16.6k | £11.6k | £13k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.8% | ▲3.3% | ▲7.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2.5% | ▲23.5% | ▲12.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲76.7% | ▲0.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.4m | £10.3m | £11m | £14.3m |
| Net assets | £17.8m | £19.5m | £21.6m | £23.9m |
| Fixed assets | £11.3m | £12.4m | £12.5m | £12.2m |
| Current assets | £9.5m | £11.2m | £12.6m | £15.4m |
| Debtors | £146k | £151k | £47.7k | £132k |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| 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
- 19.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 89.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £65.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 101.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £23.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲30%
- Now £14.3m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 183
- Deferred income
- ▲11%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £12.2m
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
- Parques Reunidos Servicios Centrales Sa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Grant Leisure Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- The Real Live Leisure Company LimitedRev. £4.6m · Profit £146k
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 £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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