Darts Corner Ltd
Registered name: DARTS CORNER LTD
Part of Apex Consolidation Entity Ltd groupDarts Corner Ltd made £21.3m revenue and £502k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Darts Corner Ltd’s revenue grew 26% to £21.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £502k profit and 68 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in Bolton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.5m | £13.9m | £17m | £21.3m |
| Cost of sales | £9.8m | £11.9m | £12.8m | £16m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2m | £4.2m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | −£380k | −£1m | £566k | — |
| Profit before tax | −£415k | −£1m | £605k | £601k |
| Profit after tax | −£428k | −£729k | £418k | £502k |
| Profit (best available) | −£428k | −£729k | £418k | £502k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 61 | 71 | 63 | 68 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.4% | −5.3% | 2.5% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 21% | 14.1% | 24.7% | 25% |
| Revenue per employee | £204k | £195k | £270k | £314k |
| Profit per employee | −£7k | −£10.3k | £6.6k | £7.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.4% | ▲22.5% | ▲25.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲20.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.4% | ▼11.3% | ▲7.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £461k | £1m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Net assets | £4.5m | £3.8m | £4.2m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £642k | £653k | £582k | £918k |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £5.8m | £7.2m | £8m |
| Debtors | £426k | £433k | £706k | £691k |
| Deferred income | £199k | £195k | £216k | £641k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £314k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼7%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 68
- Deferred income
- ▲196%
- Now £641k
- Fixed assets
- ▲58%
- Now £918k
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
- Apex Consolidation Entity Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Apex Ventures Fund Services Limited75–100%
- Apex Unitas Limited75–100%
- MNL (Ethos) Nominees Limited75–100%
- Darts Holdco Limited75–100%
- Darts Midco Limited75–100%
- Darts Finance Limited75–100%
- Darts Corner Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Darts Corner Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Perfect Darts LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Mission Darts LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tommy's Darts 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 Mar 2025 (profit £502k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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