Liquid Friday Limited
Registered name: LIQUID FRIDAY LIMITED
Part of Liquid Friday Group Limited groupLiquid Friday Limited made £222m revenue and £86.4k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Liquid Friday Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £222m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £86.4k profit and 2,115 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Portsmouth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Portsmouth, South East
- 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: “Liquid Friday Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £188m | £214m | £234m | £222m |
| Cost of sales | £183m | £210m | £230m | £218m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £4.2m | £4.3m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £789k | £195k | £375k | — |
| Profit before tax | £745k | £78.7k | £184k | £180k |
| Profit after tax | £511k | £39.5k | £82.6k | £86.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £511k | £39.5k | £82.6k | £86.4k |
| Staff costs | £116m | £126m | £144m | £140m |
| Employees (average) | 2,133 | 2,019 | 2,229 | 2,115 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 2.2% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £87.9k | £106k | £105k | £105k |
| Profit per employee | £240 | £20 | £37 | £41 |
| Cash conversion | −249.5% | −1803% | −294.1% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.2% | ▲9.4% | ▼5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼92.3% | ▲109.2% | ▲4.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.3% | ▲10.4% | ▼5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.2m | £3.3m | £3.9m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.7m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £112k | £167k | £610k | £5m |
| Current assets | £19.5m | £20.5m | £25.3m | £20.1m |
| Debtors | £13.6m | £15.5m | £16.4m | £14.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£2m | −£3.5m | −£1.1m | −£2.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £105k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £41
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼70%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 2,115
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲715%
- Now £5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Liquid Friday Group Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Liquid Friday Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Liquid Friday Umbrella LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Liquid Link 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 Jul 2025 (profit £86.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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