The Ultimate Adventure Centre Limited
Registered name: THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE CENTRE LIMITED
Part of Literacy Capital PLC groupThe Ultimate Adventure Centre Limited made £1.5m revenue and £69.3k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
The Ultimate Adventure Centre Limited’s revenue was £1.5m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £69.3k profit and 51 employees. The company is classified under “other amusement and recreation activities” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 Oct 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £2.4m | £1.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £1.7m | £913k |
| Gross profit | — | £625k | £562k |
| Operating profit | — | £771k | £58.6k |
| Profit before tax | — | £767k | £58.6k |
| Profit after tax | — | £721k | £69.3k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £721k | £69.3k |
| Staff costs | — | £986k | £527k |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 38 | 51 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 30.7% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 26.6% | 38.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £61.9k | £28.9k |
| Profit per employee | — | £19k | £1.4k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £82k | £101k | £200k |
| Net assets | £851k | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2.6m | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £614k | £388k | £694k |
| Debtors | £357k | £233k | £279k |
| Deferred income | £373k | £642k | £389k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £28.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 151.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 26.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.9%
- 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 £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £200k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £389k
- Fixed assets
- —
- 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
Ownership chain
- Literacy Capital PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Bright Ventures Education Group Limited75–100%
- Huron Midco Limited75–100%
- Huron Bidco Limited75–100%
- The Ultimate Adventure Centre Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Halsbury Travel LimitedRev. £24.9m · Profit −£240k
- Ibt Travel LimitedRev. £12.9m · Profit £1.1m
- Skern Lodge LimitedRev. £2.4m · Profit −£278k
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 £69.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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