Betting Shop Operations Limited
Registered name: BETTING SHOP OPERATIONS LIMITED
Part of Betting Shop Services Limited groupBetting Shop Operations Limited made £33.4m revenue and £6.9m profit in the year to 27 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Betting Shop Operations Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £33.4m in the year to 27 Apr 2025, with £6.9m profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “gambling and betting activities” and is based in Epping; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Epping, East of England
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 ultimate parent company is Betting Shop Services Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 1 May 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 28 Apr 2024 | 27 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £25.2m | £30.7m | £33.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | £5.7m | £6.9m | £8.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £19.5m | £23.8m | £25.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £5.5m | £7.5m | £8m |
| Profit before tax | — | £5.5m | £7.5m | £8m |
| Profit after tax | — | £5.5m | £8.3m | £6.9m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £5.5m | £8.3m | £6.9m |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 22% | 27% | 20.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 77.3% | 77.5% | 75.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £25.2m | £30.7m | £33.4m |
| Profit per employee | — | £5.5m | £8.3m | £6.9m |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲21.5% | ▲8.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲49.5% | ▼16.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼50% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £643k | £569k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £812k | £6.4m | £14.7m | £21.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £5.7m | £5.1m | £6.2m |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £2.9m | £13m | £24.9m |
| Debtors | £31.7k | £21.6k | £20.1k | £14.7k |
| Deferred income | — | £1.2m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 75.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £33.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.9m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲47%
- Now £21.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £2.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲22%
- Now £6.2m
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
- Betting Shop Services Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Betting Shop Operations Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Jennings Racing LimitedRev. £23.6m · Profit −£831k
- Mark Jarvis LimitedRev. £20.5m · Profit £1.7m
- Bet 21 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jennings (SL) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jennings Racing (2006) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jenningsbet Online LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Joe Jennings Bookmakers 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 27 Apr 2025 (profit £6.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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