John Adams Leisure Limited
Registered name: JOHN ADAMS LEISURE LIMITED
John Adams Leisure Limited made £18m revenue and £419k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
John Adams Leisure Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £18m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £419k profit and 40 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Huntingdon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Huntingdon, East of England
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- 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. From the filing: “Toy Brokers Holdings Limited”
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) | £17.1m | £17.5m | £17.6m | £18m |
| Cost of sales | £11.1m | £11m | £10.8m | £10.9m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £6.4m | £6.9m | £7.1m |
| Operating profit | £416k | −£225k | −£852k | £245k |
| Profit before tax | £329k | £142k | −£923k | £439k |
| Profit after tax | £211k | £180k | −£889k | £419k |
| Profit (best available) | £211k | £180k | −£889k | £419k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £2m | £2m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 46 | 41 | 40 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 1% | −5% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 35.4% | 36.7% | 39% | 39.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £372k | £379k | £430k | £450k |
| Profit per employee | £4.6k | £3.9k | −£21.7k | £10.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▲1% | ▲2.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14.4% | ▼592.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼10.9% | ▼2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £748k | £333k | £429k | £944k |
| Net assets | £20.8m | £20.9m | £20m | £19.5m |
| Fixed assets | £674k | £426k | £376k | £330k |
| Current assets | £27.5m | £26.4m | £27.9m | £25.5m |
| Debtors | £7.2m | £8.5m | £9.1m | £7.6m |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £2.1m | £2.5m | £2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £450k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 42.1%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £19.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲120%
- Now £944k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- ▼17%
- Now £2.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £330k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Similar profitable businesses
- LED Electrical LimitedLomeshaye Industrial Estate · Non-specialised wholesale trade
- Revenue
- £18.2m
- Profit
- £762k
- Staff
- 47
- Fibo UK LimitedWilmslow · Non-specialised wholesale trade
- Revenue
- £17.8m
- Profit
- £579k
- Staff
- 29
- Upwood Distribution LimitedLeytonstone · Non-specialised wholesale trade
- Revenue
- £18.2m
- Profit
- £455k
- Staff
- 56
- Dhiman Enterprises LimitedSouthall · Non-specialised wholesale trade
- Revenue
- £18.3m
- Profit
- £1.9m
- Staff
- 11
- Boostchoice LimitedLondon · Non-specialised wholesale trade
- Revenue
- £18.3m
- Profit
- £232k
- Staff
- 43
- Kokoro UK LimitedWalton - on - Thames · Non-specialised wholesale trade
- Revenue
- £17.7m
- Profit
- £677k
- Staff
- 283
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £419k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.