Waterfront Leisure (Crosby) Limited
Registered name: WATERFRONT LEISURE (CROSBY) LIMITED
Part of Pace Topco Limited groupWaterfront Leisure (Crosby) Limited made £408k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Waterfront Leisure (Crosby) Limited reported £408k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, up 30% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 95,170 employees. The company is classified under “other amusement and recreation activities” and is based in Chorley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chorley, North West
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 undertaking is Equitix Leisure Limited (whose ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.5m | — |
| Operating profit | £498k | £529k | £501k | — |
| Profit before tax | £348k | £454k | £506k | £618k |
| Profit after tax | £230k | £313k | £314k | £408k |
| Profit (best available) | £230k | £313k | £314k | £408k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95,170 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16.5% | 21.4% | 20.9% | — |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £4 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.4% | ▲2.8% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲35.9% | ▲0.3% | ▲30% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.2m | £375k |
| Net assets | £642k | £901k | £829k | £710k |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £559k |
| Debtors | £568 | £567 | £568 | £154k |
| Deferred income | £207k | £298k | £377k | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £710k
- Cash at bank
- ▼68%
- Now £375k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 95,170
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▼31%
- Now £1.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pace Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Pace Bidco Limited75–100%
- Equitix Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Equitix Capital Eurobond Limited75–100%
- Equitix Leisure Ltd75–100%
- Waterfront Leisure (Crosby) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Breckland Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £28k
- Bristol Active Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Leisureplan Investments LimitedRev. — · Profit £2.8k
- Leisureplan Projects Finance 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 Dec 2025 (profit £408k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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