XLR8 Sports Limited
Registered name: XLR8 SPORTS LIMITED
Part of JD Sports Fashion PLC groupXLR8 Sports Limited made £23.9m revenue and a £1.1k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
XLR8 Sports Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £23.9m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £1.1k and 177 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in Bury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury, North West
- 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 parent company is JD Sports Fashion Plc, a company registered in England and Wales which prepares consolidated financial statements which are publicly available at Companies Ho”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 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) | £19.2m | £22.8m | £24.6m | £23.9m |
| Cost of sales | £12.4m | £15.4m | £17.2m | £16m |
| Gross profit | £6.8m | £7.4m | £7.4m | £7.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £969k | £508k | −£45.5k |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £976k | £575k | −£2.5k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £793k | £429k | −£1.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £793k | £429k | −£1.1k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.3m | £3.7m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 137 | 146 | 152 | 177 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.4% | 3.5% | 1.7% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 35.5% | 32.4% | 30% | 32.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £140k | £156k | £162k | £135k |
| Profit per employee | £9k | £5.4k | £2.8k | −£6 |
| Cash conversion | 106.6% | 43.4% | −374.2% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲7.9% | ▼2.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼45.9% | ▼100.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲4.1% | ▲16.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.7m | £3.4m | £4.7m | £3.9m |
| Net assets | £9.4m | £10.2m | £10.6m | £10.6m |
| Fixed assets | £380k | £275k | £534k | £729k |
| Current assets | £11.6m | £11.7m | £12.5m | £13.4m |
| Debtors | £284k | £205k | £282k | £291k |
| Deferred income | £224k | £290k | £569k | £618k |
| Cash from operations | £1.7m | £421k | −£1.9m | £244k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £135k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £10.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼16%
- Now £3.9m
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 177
- Deferred income
- ▲9%
- Now £618k
- Fixed assets
- ▲36%
- Now £729k
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
- JD Sports Fashion PLCultimate parent75–100%
- JD Outdoors Holdings Limited75–100%
- XLR8 Sports Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Blacks Outdoor Retail LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Go Outdoors Retail LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Millets LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tiso Group LimitedFigures 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 31 Jan 2025 (profit −£1.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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