Funstation Limited
Registered name: FUNSTATION LIMITED
Part of Overstone Holdings Limited groupFunstation Limited made £15.7m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Funstation Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £15.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.1m profit and 236 employees. The company is classified under “other amusement and recreation activities” and is based in Northampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northampton, 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.2m | £12.9m | £13.4m | £15.7m |
| Cost of sales | £3.3m | £3.5m | £4.3m | £5.9m |
| Gross profit | £8m | £9.4m | £9.2m | £9.8m |
| Operating profit | £3.7m | £4.2m | £3.2m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.7m | £4.3m | £3.3m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | £3.5m | £2.5m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | £3.5m | £2.5m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.9m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 138 | 164 | 180 | 236 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 27.3% | 27.2% | 18.4% | 13.1% |
| Gross margin | 70.9% | 72.8% | 68.3% | 62.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £81.3k | £78.9k | £74.5k | £66.4k |
| Profit per employee | £22.2k | £21.5k | £13.7k | £8.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.4% | ▲3.6% | ▲16.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15.1% | ▼29.8% | ▼16.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.8% | ▲9.8% | ▲31.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £1.7m | £2.7m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £10.6m | £7.2m | £9.6m | £11.7m |
| Fixed assets | £4.5m | £6m | £6.9m | £10.1m |
| Current assets | £9.3m | £5m | £7.6m | £7.2m |
| Debtors | £0 | £3.2k | £187k | £63.5k |
| Deferred income | £1.4m | £1.7m | £2m | £2.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £66.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 64.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 17%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £11.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼55%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲31%
- Now 236
- Deferred income
- ▲32%
- Now £2.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▲47%
- Now £10.1m
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
- Overstone Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Funstation Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Java Mill Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Summertime Leisure 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 £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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