Skern Lodge Limited
Registered name: SKERN LODGE LIMITED
Part of Literacy Capital PLC groupSkern Lodge Limited made £2.4m revenue and a £278k loss in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Skern Lodge Limited’s revenue was £2.4m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with a loss of £278k and 90 employees. The company is classified under “other sports activities” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 Oct 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £4.7m | £2.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | £2.7m | £1.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £2m | £908k |
| Operating profit | — | −£793k | −£115k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£857k | −£147k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£792k | −£278k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£792k | −£278k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.4m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 89 | 89 | 90 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −17% | −11.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 42.6% | 37.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £52.4k | £26.6k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£8.9k | −£3.1k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £446k | £249k | £738k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £319k | £41.8k |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2m | £2m |
| Current assets | £2.1m | £879k | £1.3m |
| Debtors | £191k | £106k | £133k |
| Deferred income | £466k | £592k | £689k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −11.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £26.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 82.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 28.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.6%
- 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 £41.8k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £738k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £689k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Literacy Capital PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Bright Ventures Education Group Limited75–100%
- Huron Midco Limited75–100%
- Huron Bidco Limited75–100%
- Skern Lodge Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Halsbury Travel LimitedRev. £24.9m · Profit −£240k
- Ibt Travel LimitedRev. £12.9m · Profit £1.1m
- The Ultimate Adventure Centre LimitedRev. £1.5m · Profit £69.3k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit −£278k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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