Cranham Leisuresales Ltd
Registered name: CRANHAM LEISURESALES LTD
Cranham Leisuresales Ltd made £23.9m revenue and £725k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Cranham Leisuresales Ltd’s revenue grew 38% to £23.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £725k profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £14.5m | £14m | £17.4m | £23.9m |
| Cost of sales | £12.1m | £11.4m | £14.5m | £21.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.9m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £969k | £918k | £725k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £969k | £918k | £725k |
| Staff costs | £822k | £926k | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 34 | 39 | 43 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.6% | 6.9% | 5.3% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 17.1% | 18.3% | 16.6% | 11.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £427k | £411k | £445k | £556k |
| Profit per employee | £36.7k | £28.5k | £23.5k | £16.9k |
| Cash conversion | −143.6% | −16.8% | −78.3% | −31.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.8% | ▲24.2% | ▲37.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼22.4% | ▼5.3% | ▼21% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲14.7% | ▲10.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £772k | £217k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £6.4m | £7m | £7.5m | £8m |
| Fixed assets | £6.1m | £6.6m | £6.7m | £5.3m |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £6m | £11.2m | £12.8m |
| Debtors | £13.3k | £56k | £37.5k | −£1.5k |
| Deferred income | £164k | £128k | £315k | £151k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.3m | −£217k | −£1m | −£327k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £556k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −31.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲406%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- ▼52%
- Now £151k
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £5.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £725k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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