Leisure Displays Ltd
Registered name: LEISURE DISPLAYS LTD
Leisure Displays Ltd made £12.5m revenue and £95k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Leisure Displays Ltd’s revenue grew 3% to £12.5m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £95k profit and 76 employees. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.4m | £12.6m | £12.1m | £12.5m |
| Cost of sales | £9.6m | £11.9m | £11.1m | £11.4m |
| Gross profit | £757k | £722k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £308k | −£1.8k | £293k | £299k |
| Profit before tax | £241k | −£91.5k | £135k | £95k |
| Profit after tax | £241k | −£91.5k | £135k | £95k |
| Profit (best available) | £241k | −£91.5k | £135k | £95k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £4m | £4.4m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 60 | 118 | 76 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | −0.7% | 1.1% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 7.3% | 5.7% | 8.3% | 8.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £162k | £210k | £103k | £164k |
| Profit per employee | £3.8k | −£1.5k | £1.1k | £1.3k |
| Cash conversion | −68.3% | — | −148.3% | −293.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.5% | ▼4.1% | ▲3.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼138.1% | — | ▼29.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.3% | ▲96.7% | ▼35.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £53.8k | £224k | £59.7k | £70.5k |
| Net assets | −£558k | −£650k | −£515k | −£420k |
| Fixed assets | £988k | £1.3m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1m | £1.4m |
| Debtors | £505k | £249k | £397k | £539k |
| Deferred income | £147k | £371k | £204k | £269k |
| Cash from operations | −£211k | −£616k | −£434k | −£877k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £164k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −293.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- 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
- —
- Now −£420k
- Cash at bank
- ▲18%
- Now £70.5k
- Headcount
- ▼36%
- Now 76
- Deferred income
- ▲32%
- Now £269k
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £2.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £95k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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