Blueprint Operations Limited
Registered name: BLUEPRINT OPERATIONS LIMITED
Part of Merkur Gaming UK Limited groupBlueprint Operations Limited made £60.1m revenue and £13.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Blueprint Operations Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £60.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £13.7m profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development” and is based in Newark; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newark
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £52.8m | £54.2m | £60.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£26.2m | −£19.7m | −£21.2m |
| Gross profit | £26.6m | £34.5m | £38.9m |
| Operating profit | £10.7m | £15.4m | £16.9m |
| Profit before tax | £10.3m | £15.1m | £15.8m |
| Profit after tax | £8.3m | £14.4m | £13.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.3m | £14.4m | £13.7m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 54 | 69 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 15.8% | 26.6% | 22.8% |
| Gross margin | 50.4% | 63.7% | 64.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1m | £871k |
| Profit per employee | £198k | £267k | £198k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▲10.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲73.3% | ▼5.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲28.6% | ▲27.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 22.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 64.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £871k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £198k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲28%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Merkur Gaming UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Blueprint Operations Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Regal Amusement Machine Sales LimitedRev. £58.6m · Profit £3.1m
- Betcom LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Blueprint Machines Ni LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Blueprint Technologies LtdFigures not disclosed
- Falcon Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gewete Cash Handling Technology UK LtdFigures not disclosed
- V-Teck UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £13.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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