Phoenix Play Limited
Registered name: PHOENIX PLAY LIMITED
Phoenix Play Limited made £15.2m revenue and a £206k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Phoenix Play Limited’s revenue was £15.2m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £206k and 55 employees. The company is classified under “other construction installation” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.8m | £12.1m | £15.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £6.6m | £7.3m | £8.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.2m | £4.7m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £935k | £646k | −£246k |
| Profit before tax | — | £929k | £664k | −£227k |
| Profit after tax | — | £791k | £493k | −£206k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £791k | £493k | −£206k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.5m | £1.9m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 47 | 55 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 7.3% | 4.1% | −1.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 39.2% | 39.3% | 41.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £230k | £220k | £276k |
| Profit per employee | — | £16.8k | £9k | −£3.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | −134.4% | −209.8% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲11.5% | — |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼37.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲30.6% | ▲17% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £971k | £1.4m | £1.9m | £715k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £2.2m | £2m | £837k |
| Fixed assets | £499k | £489k | £464k | £332k |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £5.3m | £4m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £1m | £1.7m | £831k | £990k |
| Deferred income | £419k | £1.1m | £381k | £279k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.3m | −£1.4m | £169k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £276k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- 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 £837k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £715k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £279k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £332k
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 −£206k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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