Access Bookings Limited
Registered name: ACCESS BOOKINGS LIMITED
Access Bookings Limited made £61.9m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Access Bookings Limited’s revenue was £61.9m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.6m profit and 153 employees. The company is classified under “other reservation service activities” and is based in Lichfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lichfield, West Midlands
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £56.1m | £78.5m | £61.8m | £61.9m |
| Cost of sales | £46.5m | £65.4m | £52.3m | £52.1m |
| Gross profit | £9.6m | £13m | £9.5m | £9.8m |
| Operating profit | £5.4m | £7.1m | £2.3m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £3.5m | £7.1m | £2.3m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £5.6m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £5.6m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £4.5m | £4.9m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 113 | 142 | 147 | 153 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.1% | 7.1% | 2.8% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 17.2% | 16.6% | 15.4% | 15.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £496k | £553k | £420k | £405k |
| Profit per employee | £20.6k | £39.1k | £11.6k | £10.3k |
| Cash conversion | −66.9% | −28.5% | −263.5% | −290% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲39.9% | ▼21.3% | ▲0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲139.2% | ▼69.2% | ▼7.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25.7% | ▲3.5% | ▲4.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £1.8m | £816k | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £7.6m | £12.8m | £14.1m | £15.3m |
| Fixed assets | £5.1m | £5.8m | £11m | £13.2m |
| Current assets | £10.5m | £10.7m | £7.3m | £7m |
| Debtors | £7.2m | £6.6m | £5.2m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £412k | £669k | £2.3m |
| Cash from operations | −£3.6m | −£2m | −£6.1m | −£5.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £405k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −290%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £15.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲163%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 153
- Deferred income
- ▲239%
- Now £2.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲20%
- Now £13.2m
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 Jul 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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