Vaulkhard Leisure Limited
Registered name: VAULKHARD LEISURE LIMITED
Part of Vaulkhard Group Limited groupVaulkhard Leisure Limited made £14.2m revenue and a £283k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Vaulkhard Leisure Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £14.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £283k and 253 employees. The company is classified under “public houses and bars” and is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East
- Age
- 21 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. From the filing: “The company is controlled by O Vaulkhard and H Vaulkhard, through their control of the company's ultimate parent undertaking, Vaulkhard Group Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 25 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 |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.5m | £15.3m | £14.3m | £14.2m |
| Cost of sales | £10.9m | £9.4m | £8.7m | £8.4m |
| Gross profit | £6.7m | £5.8m | £5.5m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | £569k | £299k | £474k | £657k |
| Profit before tax | −£491k | −£1.3m | £23.9k | −£28.3k |
| Profit after tax | −£577k | −£1.4m | £14.6k | −£283k |
| Profit (best available) | −£577k | −£1.4m | £14.6k | −£283k |
| Staff costs | £5.8m | £5m | £4.8m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 358 | 325 | 285 | 253 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.3% | −9% | 0.1% | −2% |
| Gross margin | 38% | 38.3% | 38.8% | 40.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £49k | £46.9k | £50k | £56.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.6k | −£4.2k | £51 | −£1.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼6.5% | ▼0.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼2032% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼12.3% | ▼11.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £775k | £1m | £770k | £240k |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.2m | £4.2m | £4.1m |
| Fixed assets | £14.6m | £16.8m | £16.8m | £17.6m |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Debtors | £24.5k | £172k | £224k | £87.5k |
| Deferred income | £341k | £555k | £459k | £234k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £56.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 124.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £240k
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 253
- Deferred income
- ▼49%
- Now £234k
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £17.6m
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
- Vaulkhard Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Vaulkhard Leisure Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Greenan Blueaye LimitedRev. — · Profit £32.8k
- Ninkasi Pubco 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 −£283k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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