The Playroom Marple Limited
Registered name: THE PLAYROOM MARPLE LIMITED
The Playroom Marple Limited made £166k revenue and £21.4k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
The Playroom Marple Limited’s revenue grew 28% to £166k in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £21.4k profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “child day-care activities” and is based in Stockport; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stockport, North West
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £104k | £129k | £166k |
| Cost of sales | — | £100k | £126k | £138k |
| Gross profit | — | £3.8k | £3k | £28k |
| Operating profit | — | £727 | £3k | £21.4k |
| Profit before tax | — | £727 | £3k | £21.4k |
| Profit after tax | — | £727 | £3k | £21.4k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £727 | £3k | £21.4k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 0.7% | 2.3% | 13% |
| Gross margin | — | 3.7% | 2.3% | 16.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £14.8k | £25.8k | £20.7k |
| Profit per employee | — | £104 | £597 | £2.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲24.1% | ▲28.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲310.6% | ▲618.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▼28.6% | ▲60% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £14k | £14k | £12k | £12k |
| Fixed assets | £14k | £14k | £12k | £12k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £20.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £12k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲60%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £12k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £21.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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