Outdoor Action Ltd
Registered name: OUTDOOR ACTION LTD
Outdoor Action Ltd made £3.5m revenue and £44.4k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Outdoor Action Ltd’s revenue fell 1% to £3.5m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £44.4k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Blackburn; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackburn, North West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £3.6m | £3.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £2.6m | £2.7m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £928k | £887k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £172k | £45k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £171k | £44.4k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £171k | £44.4k |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 11 | 13 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 4.8% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 26.1% | 25.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £274k | — |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £13.1k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼0.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼74% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.3% | ▲18.2% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £47.3k | £177k | £43.1k | — |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.7m | — |
| Fixed assets | £228k | £230k | £230k | £221k |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Debtors | £27.8k | £21.5k | £349 | £362 |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Director's Report and Unaudited Financial Statements · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £221k
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Sources
Latest figures from Director's Report and Unaudited Financial Statements for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £44.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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