Yorkshire Climbing Company Limited
Registered name: YORKSHIRE CLIMBING COMPANY LIMITED
Yorkshire Climbing Company Limited made £9.6m revenue and £378k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Yorkshire Climbing Company Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £9.6m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £378k profit and 164 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 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) | — | £7m | £8.4m | £9.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £5.4m | £6.5m | £7.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £849k | £507k | £745k |
| Profit before tax | — | £752k | £361k | £518k |
| Profit after tax | — | £753k | £176k | £378k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £753k | £176k | £378k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.8m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 94 | 125 | 145 | 164 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 10.7% | 2.1% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 75.9% | 77.1% | 78.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £56.4k | £57.8k | £58.4k |
| Profit per employee | — | £6k | £1.2k | £2.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −176.5% | −180.2% | −170.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲18.9% | ▲14.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼76.7% | ▲115.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33% | ▲16% | ▲13.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £36.8k | £203k | £205k | £242k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £4.8m | £5.9m | £7m |
| Current assets | £899k | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £120 | £569 | £41.2k | £16.6k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £40k | £42.7k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.5m | −£913k | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 78.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £58.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −170.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 72.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲18%
- Now £242k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 164
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £42.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲18%
- Now £7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £378k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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