Cain's Amusements Limited
Registered name: CAIN'S AMUSEMENTS LIMITED
Cain's Amusements Limited made £8m revenue and £330k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Cain's Amusements Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £330k profit and 92 employees. The company is classified under “gambling and betting activities” and is based in Canterbury; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Canterbury, South East
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.6m | £6.8m | £6.9m | £7.3m | £8m |
| Cost of sales | £1.2m | £2m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £4.8m | £4.7m | £5m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £1.1m | £2m | £553k | £564k |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £1m | £1.7m | £339k | £363k |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £750k | £1.2m | £345k | £330k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £750k | £1.2m | £345k | £330k |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £2m | £2.9m | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 94 | 101 | 93 | 87 | 92 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 30.8% | 11% | 17.2% | 4.7% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | 73.7% | 70.4% | 68.7% | 68.6% | 69.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £49.2k | £67.7k | £73.7k | £84.3k | £87.4k |
| Profit per employee | £15.2k | £7.4k | £12.7k | £4k | £3.6k |
| Cash conversion | −127.7% | −212.4% | −56.6% | −259.2% | −256% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲47.9% | ▲0.2% | ▲6.9% | ▲9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.3% | ▲57.1% | ▼70.7% | ▼4.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.4% | ▼7.9% | ▼6.5% | ▲5.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.6m | £3.7m | £3.8m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £3.2m | £5.6m | £5.7m | £5.8m | £6m |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £2.2m | £2.8m | £2.6m | £2.3m |
| Debtors | £53.1k | £93k | £93.9k | £165k | £70.5k |
| Deferred income | £254k | £264k | £123k | £261k | £161k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.4m | −£2.4m | −£1.1m | −£1.4m | −£1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 69.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £87.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −256%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 74.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 92
- Deferred income
- ▼38%
- Now £161k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £6m
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 Dec 2025 (profit £330k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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