Catapult Sports Limited
Registered name: CATAPULT SPORTS LIMITED
Catapult Sports Limited made £14.6m revenue and a £2.2m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Catapult Sports Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £14.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £2.2m and 112 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.2m | £10.4m | £12.5m | £14.6m |
| Cost of sales | £431k | £446k | £130k | £287k |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £10m | £12.4m | £14.3m |
| Operating profit | −£4.2m | −£1.7m | −£1.2m | −£2.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£4.2m | −£1.7m | −£1.4m | −£2.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£4.1m | −£1.7m | −£1.4m | −£2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£4.1m | −£1.7m | −£1.4m | −£2.2m |
| Staff costs | £5.8m | £8.4m | £9.9m | £11.7m |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 108 | 100 | 112 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −80% | −16.1% | −11% | −15% |
| Gross margin | 91.6% | 95.7% | 99% | 98% |
| Revenue per employee | £80.5k | £96.3k | £125k | £131k |
| Profit per employee | −£64.4k | −£15.5k | −£13.8k | −£19.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲101.8% | ▲20.3% | ▲16.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲68.8% | ▼7.4% | ▲12% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £495k | £672k | £600k |
| Net assets | −£2.2m | −£3.1m | −£3m | −£3.4m |
| Fixed assets | £649k | £1.5m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £10.7m | £10.7m | £13.9m | £17.3m |
| Debtors | £485k | £450k | £389k | £307k |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £2.3m | £2.6m | £2.7m |
| Cash from operations | £2.6m | −£788k | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −15%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 98%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £131k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£19.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 18.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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 −£3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼11%
- Now £600k
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 112
- Deferred income
- ▲4%
- Now £2.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £2.2m
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 Mar 2025 (profit −£2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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