A & E Leisure Limited
Registered name: A & E LEISURE LIMITED
Part of Jouldings Holdings Limited groupA & E Leisure Limited made £9.8m revenue and a £280k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
A & E Leisure Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £9.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £280k and 76 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Reading; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- 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. From the filing: “Jouldings Holdings 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 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9m | £9.8m |
| Cost of sales | £5.7m | £6.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | −£84.2k | −£150k |
| Profit before tax | −£360k | −£470k |
| Profit after tax | −£367k | −£280k |
| Profit (best available) | −£367k | −£280k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 73 | 76 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −4.1% | −2.9% |
| Gross margin | 37.1% | 35.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £123k | £128k |
| Profit per employee | −£5k | −£3.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £666k | £4k |
| Net assets | £6.6m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £5.5m | £5.5m |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £6.5m |
| Debtors | £706k | £625k |
| Deferred income | £883k | £311k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £128k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 55.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼99%
- Now £4k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 76
- Deferred income
- ▼65%
- Now £311k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £5.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Jouldings Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- A & E Leisure Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Protectives Textiles 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 −£280k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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