Bob Rudd Leisure Limited
Registered name: BOB RUDD LEISURE LIMITED
Part of Bob Rudd Limited groupBob Rudd Leisure Limited made £12.3m revenue and £685k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Bob Rudd Leisure Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £12.3m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £685k profit and 146 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of media entertainment equipment” and is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 Bob Rudd Limited, a company registered in England & Wales. The smallest and largest group accounts that the company's results are incorporated in”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 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) | £8.6m | £10.2m | £11.4m | £12.3m |
| Cost of sales | £4.1m | £4.7m | £5.4m | £6.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £5.5m | £5.9m | £6.2m |
| Operating profit | £852k | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £716k | £1.1m | £1m | £953k |
| Profit after tax | £535k | £876k | £653k | £685k |
| Profit (best available) | £535k | £876k | £653k | £685k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.8m | £4.1m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 129 | 133 | 135 | 146 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.2% | 8.6% | 5.8% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | 52.5% | 53.9% | 52.2% | 50.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £66.6k | £76.7k | £84.1k | £84.3k |
| Profit per employee | £4.1k | £6.6k | £4.8k | £4.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.8% | ▲11.3% | ▲8.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲63.6% | ▼25.4% | ▲4.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.1% | ▲1.5% | ▲8.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £306k | £193k | £154k | £161k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.9m | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £6.1m | £6.8m | £7.5m | £7.9m |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £2.8m | £2.9m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £516k | £1m | £840k | £444k |
| Deferred income | £152k | £130k | £177k | £120k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £84.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 64.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £161k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 146
- Deferred income
- ▼32%
- Now £120k
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £7.9m
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
- Bob Rudd Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bob Rudd Leisure 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 May 2025 (profit £685k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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