The National Football Museum
Registered name: THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM
The National Football Museum made £4.8m revenue and £433k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
The National Football Museum’s revenue grew 5% to £4.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £433k profit and 76 employees. The company is classified under “museums activities” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £4.6m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £737k | £433k |
| Profit before tax | — | £737k | £433k |
| Profit after tax | — | £737k | £433k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £737k | £433k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.8m | — |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 16.1% | 9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £63.3k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £5.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲5.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼41.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.6m | — |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £4.3m | — |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.6m | — |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £2.6m | — |
| Debtors | £12.4k | £107k | — |
| Deferred income | £187k | £241k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £63.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.7k
- 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
- —
- Now 76
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- National Football Museum at Urbis (Trading) LimitedRev. £899k · Profit £279k
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 £433k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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