Formby Hall Golf Club Limited
Registered name: FORMBY HALL GOLF CLUB LIMITED
Part of Harland Poston Invest Limited groupFormby Hall Golf Club Limited made £7.7m revenue and a £1.7m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Formby Hall Golf Club Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £7.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £1.7m and 201 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.6m | £7.7m |
| Cost of sales | £4.6m | £4.4m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | −£587k | −£141k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.2m | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£995k | −£1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£995k | −£1.7m |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 194 | 201 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −13.2% | −22.5% |
| Gross margin | 39.6% | 42.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £38.9k | £38.2k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.1k | −£8.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £641k | £411k |
| Net assets | £6.1m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £22.5m | £18.4m |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £77.6k | £73.2k |
| Deferred income | £975k | £832k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −22.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £38.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 239%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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
- ▼65%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼36%
- Now £411k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 201
- Deferred income
- ▼15%
- Now £832k
- Fixed assets
- ▼19%
- Now £18.4m
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
- Harland Poston Invest Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Formby Invest Limited75–100%
- Formby Hall Golf Club 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 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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