The Celtic Entertainment Centre Limited
Registered name: THE CELTIC ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE LIMITED
Part of Horizon Capital II GP LLP groupThe Celtic Entertainment Centre Limited made £4.3m revenue and £751k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
The Celtic Entertainment Centre Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £4.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £751k profit and 63 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Christchurch; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Christchurch, South 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 is a wholly owned subsidiary of”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.1m | £4.4m | £4.3m |
| Cost of sales | £2.2m | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £2.3m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £670k | £945k | £880k |
| Profit before tax | £670k | £937k | £747k |
| Profit after tax | £619k | £910k | £751k |
| Profit (best available) | £619k | £910k | £751k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 70 | 68 | 63 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 14.9% | 20.9% | 17.6% |
| Gross margin | 46.5% | 52.7% | 56.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £59.2k | £64.1k | £67.7k |
| Profit per employee | £8.8k | £13.4k | £11.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.3% | ▼2.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲47% | ▼17.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▼7.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £900k | £609k | £186k |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £11.8m | £15.7m |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £10.1m | £14.1m |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £7.1m | £7.5m |
| Debtors | £1.6k | £33.5k | £40.9k |
| Deferred income | £83.4k | £201k | £206k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £67.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 330.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1%
- 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
- ▲33%
- Now £15.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £186k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 63
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £206k
- Fixed assets
- ▲40%
- Now £14.1m
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
- Horizon Capital II GP LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Independence Topco Limited75–100%
- Independence Holdco Limited75–100%
- Independence Midco Limited75–100%
- Independence Bidco Limited75–100%
- Boston Group Newco Limited75–100%
- Global Reach UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- Global Reach Hospitality Limited75–100%
- The Celtic Entertainment Centre Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Sands Reach LimitedRev. £5.1m · Profit £608k
- Rothay Garden Hotel LimitedRev. £2.2m · Profit −£127k
- Christchurch Pavilion LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£58.4k
- UK SPV3 LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £30.1k
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 £751k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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