Horizons Leisure Limited
Registered name: HORIZONS LEISURE LIMITED
Part of Mayfair Casino Limited groupHorizons Leisure Limited made £15.2m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Horizons Leisure Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £15.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 128 employees. The company is classified under “gambling and betting activities” and is based in Manchester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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: “Mayfair Casino Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.6m | £15.2m |
| Cost of sales | £3.5m | £3.4m |
| Gross profit | £12.1m | £11.7m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £5m |
| Employees (average) | 120 | 128 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 10.4% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 77.5% | 77.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £130k | £119k |
| Profit per employee | £13.6k | £8.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼34.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £23.8m | £24.9m |
| Fixed assets | £16.4m | £16.2m |
| Current assets | £13.8m | £17m |
| Debtors | £17 | £5.5k |
| Deferred income | £1m | £2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 77.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £119k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 106.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 14.1%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £24.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼43%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 128
- Deferred income
- ▲105%
- Now £2.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £16.2m
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
- Mayfair Casino Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Horizons Leisure Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Horizons Restaurant LimitedRev. — · Profit −£1.3m
- Primawise LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Clermont Leisure (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- L'orient Casino 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 Dec 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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