Merkur Casino Entertainment UK Limited
Registered name: MERKUR CASINO ENTERTAINMENT UK LIMITED
Part of Merkur Casino UK Ltd groupMerkur Casino Entertainment UK Limited made £3.9m revenue and a £2.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Merkur Casino Entertainment UK Limited’s revenue grew 70% to £3.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.4m and 73 employees. The company is classified under “gambling and betting activities” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £2.3m | £3.9m |
| Cost of sales | £0 | −£744k | −£1.2m |
| Gross profit | £0 | £1.6m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | −£1k | −£1.1m | −£2.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£1k | −£1.2m | −£3m |
| Profit after tax | −£1k | −£1m | −£2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1k | −£1m | −£2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 41 | 73 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −44.1% | −60.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 67.7% | 69.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £56.2k | £53.8k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£24.8k | −£32.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲70.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲78% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −60.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 69.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £53.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£32.3k
- 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
- ▲78%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Merkur Casino UK Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Merkur Casino Holdings UK Limited75–100%
- Merkur Casino Entertainment UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Merkur Technical Support LimitedRev. £5m · Profit £149k
- Merkur Bingo UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Merkur Operations Ni Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Merkur Slots UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William Clark (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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