Essex Leisure Limited
Registered name: ESSEX LEISURE LIMITED
Essex Leisure Limited made £10.2m revenue and £242k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Essex Leisure Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £10.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £242k profit and 104 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods” and is based in Southend on Sea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southend on Sea, East of England
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £9.7m | £10.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £4.2m | £4.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £5.5m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £777k | £673k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £426k | £372k |
| Profit after tax | £567k | £158k | £291k | £242k |
| Profit (best available) | £567k | £158k | £291k | £242k |
| Employees (average) | 83 | 87 | 98 | 104 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 56.6% | 56.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £98.5k | £97.7k |
| Profit per employee | £6.8k | £1.8k | £3k | £2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼72.1% | ▲84% | ▼16.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▲12.6% | ▲6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £249k | £276k | £267k | — |
| Net assets | £129k | £291k | £585k | — |
| Fixed assets | £5.9m | £6.7m | £7.6m | — |
| Current assets | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.4m | — |
| Debtors | £469k | £427k | £547k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £97.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 104
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Wycombe Coin LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £242k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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