Regal Amusement Machine Sales Limited
Registered name: REGAL AMUSEMENT MACHINE SALES LIMITED
Part of Merkur Gaming UK Limited groupRegal Amusement Machine Sales Limited made £58.6m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Regal Amusement Machine Sales Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £58.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.1m profit and 443 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other machinery and equipment” and is based in Bamber Bridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bamber Bridge, North West
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 immediate parent company of Regal Amusement Machine Sales Limited is Merkur Gaming UK Limited.”
Key figures
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&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) | £37.8m | £46.3m | £53.1m | £58.6m |
| Cost of sales | £21.9m | £27.7m | £33.3m | £36.7m |
| Gross profit | £15.9m | £18.6m | £19.8m | £21.8m |
| Operating profit | £3.5m | £4.4m | £4.8m | £4.6m |
| Profit before tax | £3.5m | £4.4m | £4.6m | £4.4m |
| Profit after tax | £5.2m | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.2m | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.1m |
| Staff costs | £12.5m | £13.8m | £14.9m | £17.2m |
| Employees (average) | 393 | 407 | 417 | 443 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.7% | 7.2% | 6.2% | 5.3% |
| Gross margin | 42.1% | 40.2% | 37.3% | 37.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £96.1k | £114k | £127k | £132k |
| Profit per employee | £13.1k | £8.1k | £7.8k | £7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.6% | ▲14.7% | ▲10.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼35.8% | ▼1.5% | ▼5.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.6% | ▲2.5% | ▲6.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.9m | £3.9m | £5.3m | £10.5m |
| Net assets | £7.2m | £10.5m | £13.8m | £16.8m |
| Fixed assets | £5m | £7.6m | £10m | £13.4m |
| Current assets | £13.2m | £13.2m | £14.3m | £24.8m |
| Debtors | £3m | £3.2m | £2.3m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £2m | £1.6m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £132k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £16.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲99%
- Now £10.5m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 443
- Deferred income
- ▲43%
- Now £2.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲35%
- Now £13.4m
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
- Merkur Gaming UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Regal Amusement Machine Sales Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Betcom LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Blueprint Machines Ni LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Blueprint Operations LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Blueprint Technologies LtdFigures not disclosed
- Falcon Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gewete Cash Handling Technology UK LtdFigures not disclosed
- V-Teck UK 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 £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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