The Players Club UK Limited
Registered name: THE PLAYERS CLUB UK LIMITED
Part of The a & S Leisure Group Limited groupThe Players Club UK Limited made £15m revenue and £3.5m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
The Players Club UK Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £15m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £3.5m profit and 136 employees. The company is classified under “gambling and betting activities” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 ultimate parent company is The A & S Leisure Group Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom, whose registered office is 15 Livesey Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S6 2BL.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.2m | £14.1m | £14.2m | £15m |
| Cost of sales | £2.7m | £3.2m | £3.3m | £3.6m |
| Gross profit | £9.5m | £10.9m | £10.9m | £11.4m |
| Operating profit | £4.2m | £4.9m | £4.5m | £4.7m |
| Profit before tax | £4.2m | £4.9m | £4.5m | £4.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3.4m | £3.7m | £3.4m | £3.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.4m | £3.7m | £3.4m | £3.5m |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £3.8m | £4m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | — | 132 | 138 | 136 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 27.6% | 26% | 23.9% | 23.3% |
| Gross margin | 78.2% | 77.3% | 77% | 75.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £107k | £103k | £111k |
| Profit per employee | — | £27.8k | £24.5k | £25.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.6% | ▲0.6% | ▲5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲9% | ▼7.7% | ▲3.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲4.5% | ▼1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £7m | £10.4m | £13.9m |
| Fixed assets | £6.4m | £6m | £6m | £5.7m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £4.1m | £7.7m | £11.4m |
| Debtors | £126k | £2.6m | £6.3m | £9.6m |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 23.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 75.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £111k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 38%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 63.6%
- 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
- ▲34%
- Now £13.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲30%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 136
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £5.7m
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
- The a & S Leisure Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Players Club UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Sheffield Sports Stadium LimitedRev. £7.6m · Profit −£226k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £3.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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