Cavern City Tours Limited
Registered name: CAVERN CITY TOURS LIMITED
Part of Cultureco UK Limited groupCavern City Tours Limited made £12.2m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Cavern City Tours Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £12.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2.5m profit and 133 employees. The company is classified under “other amusement and recreation activities” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.2m | £10.5m | £11.6m | £12.2m |
| Cost of sales | £5.8m | £6.4m | £7m | £7.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £4.1m | £4.6m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £2.5m | £2.9m | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £2.5m | £3m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £2m | £2.2m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £2m | £2.2m | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3m | £3.4m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 120 | 130 | 130 | 133 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 23.9% | 18.6% | 18.8% | 20.2% |
| Gross margin | 36.8% | 39.1% | 39.8% | 40.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £76.8k | £81k | £89.4k | £91.7k |
| Profit per employee | £18.3k | £15k | £16.8k | £18.5k |
| Cash conversion | −111.1% | −120.3% | −97.8% | −71.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▲10.4% | ▲5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.2% | ▲11.8% | ▲12.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.3% | 0% | ▲2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £3.3m | £3.7m | £3.5m |
| Net assets | £21m | £22.1m | £20.8m | £21m |
| Fixed assets | £20.2m | £20.5m | £23.9m | £23.1m |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £3.9m | £4.4m | £5m |
| Debtors | £32k | £75.3k | £266k | £254k |
| Deferred income | £88.7k | £106k | £86.4k | — |
| Cash from operations | −£2.1m | −£3m | −£2.8m | −£2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £91.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −71.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 189.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £21m
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £3.5m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 133
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £23.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cultureco UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cavern City Tours Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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