Waterworld Leisure Limited
Registered name: WATERWORLD LEISURE LIMITED
Part of Looping Parks UK Limited groupWaterworld Leisure Limited made £4.9m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Waterworld Leisure Limited’s revenue was £4.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.8m profit and 109 employees. The company is classified under “other amusement and recreation activities” and is based in Stoke on Trent; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke on Trent, West 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 | 30 Sep 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | No P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £9.7m | — | £4.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£683k | — | −£385k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £9m | — | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £5.1m | — | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £5.1m | — | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £3.8m | — | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £3.8m | — | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 160 | 157 | 165 | 165 | 109 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 39.6% | — | 37.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 92.9% | — | 92.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £58.6k | — | £44.8k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £23.2k | — | £16.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.9% | — | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £327k | £162k | — | £182k | — |
| Net assets | £476k | £563k | — | £4.4m | — |
| Fixed assets | £259k | £699k | — | £1.4m | — |
| Current assets | £820k | £1.5m | — | £4.8m | — |
| Debtors | £0 | £2.9k | — | £2.1k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 37.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 92.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £44.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 109
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Looping Parks UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Waterworld Leisure Group Limited50–75%
- Waterworld Leisure Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Adventure Mini Golf LtdLiquidationFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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