The Golf Shop Online Ltd
Registered name: THE GOLF SHOP ONLINE LTD
Part of Foremost Golf Limited groupThe Golf Shop Online Ltd made £11m revenue and £22.5k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Golf Shop Online Ltd’s revenue grew 18% to £11m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £22.5k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in Exeter; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exeter, South West
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.9m | £9.3m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | £8m | £8.5m | £10.1m |
| Gross profit | £844k | £848k | £864k |
| Operating profit | £31.5k | −£22.7k | £26.8k |
| Profit before tax | £35.7k | −£19.4k | £29.8k |
| Profit after tax | £28.4k | −£14.7k | £22.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £28.4k | −£14.7k | £22.5k |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 18 | 20 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | −0.2% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 9.5% | 9.1% | 7.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £523k | £518k | £548k |
| Profit per employee | £1.7k | −£815 | £1.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.9% | ▲17.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼151.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▲11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £548k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.1k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Foremost Golf Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Golf Shop Online Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Alliance Golf LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Foremost Cycling LtdFigures not disclosed
- The Golfers Shop LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £22.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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