Blue Anchor Leisure Limited
Registered name: BLUE ANCHOR LEISURE LIMITED
Part of Blue Anchor Leisure Holdings Limited groupBlue Anchor Leisure Limited made £26.7m revenue and £911k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Blue Anchor Leisure Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £26.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £911k profit and 275 employees. The company is classified under “recreational vehicle parks, trailer parks and camping grounds” and is based in Skegness; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Skegness, East of England
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.2m | £29.2m | £28.4m | £26.7m |
| Cost of sales | £23.8m | £23.8m | £23.1m | £22.4m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £5.4m | £5.3m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £5.2m | £3.3m | £3m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £5m | £2.4m | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £4m | £1.7m | £1.4m | £911k |
| Profit (best available) | £4m | £1.7m | £1.4m | £911k |
| Staff costs | £8.3m | £8.8m | £9.1m | £9.2m |
| Employees (average) | 270 | 291 | 293 | 275 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.8% | 6% | 4.9% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 23.7% | 18.6% | 18.7% | 16.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £115k | £101k | £96.9k | £97.2k |
| Profit per employee | £14.8k | £6k | £4.8k | £3.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.2% | ▼3% | ▼5.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼56.3% | ▼20.2% | ▼34.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.8% | ▲0.7% | ▼6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £15k | £21k | £17k | £18k |
| Net assets | £63.3m | £62.1m | £61m | £61.3m |
| Fixed assets | £81.8m | £83.3m | £86.5m | £87.1m |
| Current assets | £10.9m | £10.6m | £8m | £8.7m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £4m | £4m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £8.7m | £9.3m | £9.7m | £9.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £97.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 325.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 36.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.3%
- 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 £61.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲6%
- Now £18k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 275
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £9.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £87.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Blue Anchor Leisure Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Blue Anchor Leisure Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Alexander Finance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Robin Hood Caravan Camp(Lincs)limitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £911k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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