Bendalls Leisure Limited
Registered name: BENDALLS LEISURE LIMITED
Bendalls Leisure Limited made £4.9m revenue and £368k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Bendalls Leisure Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £4.9m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £368k profit and 110 employees. The company is classified under “other amusement and recreation activities” and is based in Totnes; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Totnes, South West
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.9m | £4.9m |
| Cost of sales | £537k | £554k |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | −£13.5k | £508k |
| Profit before tax | −£80.1k | £462k |
| Profit after tax | −£114k | £368k |
| Profit (best available) | −£114k | £368k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 99 | 110 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −2.9% | 7.5% |
| Gross margin | 86.3% | 88.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £39.5k | £44.6k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.1k | £3.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −117.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £200k | £256k |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £69k | £44.4k |
| Cash from operations | −£233k | −£597k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 88.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £44.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −117.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 46.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 54.9%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲28%
- Now £256k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 110
- Deferred income
- ▼36%
- Now £44.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £2.3m
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 Jan 2025 (profit £368k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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