Legends Global Services Limited
Registered name: LEGENDS GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Legends Global Holdings Limited groupLegends Global Services Limited made £65.7m revenue and £12.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Legends Global Services Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £65.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £12.9m profit and 870 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1964
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £50.1m | £61.9m | £65.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£21.2m | −£25.8m | −£27m |
| Gross profit | £28.9m | £36.1m | £38.7m |
| Operating profit | £12m | £15.8m | £13.3m |
| Profit before tax | £12.3m | £17.7m | £14.1m |
| Profit after tax | £9.6m | £14m | £12.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £9.6m | £14m | £12.9m |
| Employees (average) | 722 | 741 | 870 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 19.3% | 22.7% | 19.7% |
| Gross margin | 57.7% | 58.4% | 58.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £69.3k | £83.6k | £75.5k |
| Profit per employee | £13.3k | £19k | £14.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.7% | ▲6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲45.7% | ▼8.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▲17.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 58.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £75.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.8k
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now 870
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Legends Global Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- SMG Europe75–100%
- Legends Global Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Newcastle Tyne Theatre LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Park Arena 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 £12.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026