Bamburgh Castle Viewing Limited
Registered name: BAMBURGH CASTLE VIEWING LIMITED
Bamburgh Castle Viewing Limited made £5.4m revenue and £502k profit in the year to 5 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Bamburgh Castle Viewing Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £5.4m in the year to 5 Apr 2025, with £502k profit and 93 employees. The company is classified under “operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party are the Trustees of the Lord Armstrong Deceased Will Trust by virtue of their majority shareholding.”
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 | 5 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £5.2m | £5.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1.6m | £2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.6m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £928k | £565k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.4m | £652k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1m | £502k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1m | £502k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 62 | 78 | 93 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 20% | 9.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 68.9% | 62.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £66.9k | £58.2k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £13.4k | £5.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −122.6% | −201.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲3.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼51.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲24% | ▲25.8% | ▲19.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £952k | £958k | £429k |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3.5m | £4.4m | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £3.2m | £3.1m | £4.2m | £5.4m |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.3m | £679k |
| Debtors | £9.5k | £20.2k | £6.2k | £23.2k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £173k | £171k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.1m | −£1.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £58.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −201.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 100.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼55%
- Now £429k
- Headcount
- ▲19%
- Now 93
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £171k
- Fixed assets
- ▲30%
- Now £5.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 5 Apr 2025 (profit £502k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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