Adventure Leisure Limited
Registered name: ADVENTURE LEISURE LIMITED
Part of Burhill Group Limited groupAdventure Leisure Limited made £16m revenue and a £6.9m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Adventure Leisure Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £16m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £6.9m and 325 employees. The company is classified under “other amusement and recreation activities” and is based in Surrey; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Surrey, London
- 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: “The Company is a subsidiary of Burhill Group Limited, which is the ultimate parent company. The largest group in which the results of the Company are consolidated is that headed by Burhill Group Limit”
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&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) | £13m | £15.2m | £16.2m | £16m |
| Cost of sales | £2.6m | £3m | £3.6m | £3.9m |
| Gross profit | £10.5m | £12.2m | £12.6m | £12.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.2m | £178k | −£6.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £911k | −£208k | −£7.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £367k | −£508k | −£6.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £367k | −£508k | −£6.9m |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £4.3m | £5m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 256 | 310 | 323 | 325 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.9% | 2.4% | −3.1% | −43.1% |
| Gross margin | 80.4% | 80.5% | 78% | 75.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £51k | £49k | £50.1k | £49.3k |
| Profit per employee | £6.1k | £1.2k | −£1.6k | −£21.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.4% | ▲6.7% | ▼1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼76.4% | ▼238.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.1% | ▲4.2% | ▲0.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £867k | £806k | £1.6m | £666k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.6m | £4m | −£2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £11.4m | £14.8m | £15.4m | £20.5m |
| Current assets | — | £2m | £2.9m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £344k | £46.2k | £163k | £223k |
| Deferred income | £3m | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −43.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 75.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £49.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£21.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 128%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 16.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- 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
- ▼171%
- Now −£2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼58%
- Now £666k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 325
- Deferred income
- ▲29%
- Now £2.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▲33%
- Now £20.5m
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
- Burhill Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Adventure Leisure Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Burhill Golf and Leisure LimitedRev. £41.1m · Profit £4m
- Ninja Leisure LimitedRev. £2.3m · Profit −£2.1m
- Burhill Developments LimitedRev. £747k · Profit −£541k
- Birchwood Park Golf Centre LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Burhill Golf Centres LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Manor of Bosham 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 −£6.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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