Blackpool Pleasure Beach Limited
Registered name: BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH LIMITED
Part of Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Holdings) Limited groupBlackpool Pleasure Beach Limited made £32.1m revenue and a £2.8m loss in the year to 24 Mar 2024. read from filing text
Blackpool Pleasure Beach Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £32.1m in the year to 24 Mar 2024, with a loss of £2.8m and 666 employees. The company is classified under “activities of amusement parks and theme parks” and is based in Blackpool; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackpool, North West
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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's immediate and ultimate parent company is Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Holdings) Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with registered office Pleasure Beach, Ocean Boulevard, Pr”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 26 Mar 2023 | 24 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.8m | £32.1m |
| Cost of sales | £20.2m | £22.8m |
| Gross profit | £11.6m | £9.3m |
| Operating profit | £612k | −£1.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£522k | −£2.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£790k | −£2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£790k | −£2.8m |
| Staff costs | £12.4m | £14.5m |
| Employees (average) | 590 | 666 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −2.5% | −8.6% |
| Gross margin | 36.6% | 28.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £53.9k | £48.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.3k | −£4.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1m |
| Net assets | −£319k | −£3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £32.5m | £33.7m |
| Current assets | £11.2m | £12.9m |
| Debtors | £420k | £418k |
| Deferred income | £500k | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £48.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 105%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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
- —
- Now −£3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲0%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 666
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £33.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Ocean Boulevard II LimitedRev. £4.3m · Profit −£3m
- Cable Chutes (Blackpool) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Frontierland LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Park Inventions and Devices Manufacturing CompanyFigures not disclosed
- South Shore Mutual Insurance Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach (1910) CompanyFigures not disclosed
- Milleride LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Velvet CoasterFigures 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 24 Mar 2024 (profit −£2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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