Utopia Leisure Limited
Registered name: UTOPIA LEISURE LIMITED
Utopia Leisure Limited made £25.4m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 30 Mar 2025.
Utopia Leisure Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £25.4m in the year to 30 Mar 2025, with £1.8m profit and 463 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 | 2 Apr 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 30 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.4m | £27.8m | £25.4m |
| Cost of sales | £17.2m | £16.3m | £15m |
| Gross profit | £13.2m | £11.5m | £10.4m |
| Operating profit | £5.7m | £3.5m | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £5.3m | £3.1m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £4m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £4m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £12.7m | £12.3m | £11.7m |
| Employees (average) | 465 | 474 | 463 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 13.1% | 7.3% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 43.5% | 41.3% | 40.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £65.3k | £58.6k | £54.9k |
| Profit per employee | £8.6k | £4.3k | £3.9k |
| Cash conversion | −124.6% | −129.6% | −159.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.6% | ▼8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼49.2% | ▼11.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▼2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £4.1m | £4m | £3.2m |
| Net assets | £32.1m | £34.1m | £35.9m |
| Fixed assets | £53.7m | £41.1m | £39.6m |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £6.4m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £67.2k | £80.9k | £101k |
| Deferred income | £3.2m | £2.8m | £2.7m |
| Cash from operations | −£7.1m | −£4.5m | −£4.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £54.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −159.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 155.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £35.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £3.2m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 463
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £2.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £39.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Alexander Hotels LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Alexander House Hotel LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Great Fosters(1931)Limited.Figures 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 30 Mar 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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