Parkway Entertainment Company Limited
Registered name: PARKWAY ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LIMITED
Part of The Parkway Group Limited groupParkway Entertainment Company Limited made £6.2m revenue and £185k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Parkway Entertainment Company Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £6.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £185k profit and 115 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture distribution activities” and is based in North East Lincolnshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- North East Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 42 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: “The Parkway Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.7m | £4.1m | £5.9m | £6.2m |
| Cost of sales | £1.4m | £1.6m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £2.5m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Profit before tax | £135k | −£266k | £89.9k | £269k |
| Profit after tax | £96.5k | −£186k | £50.9k | £185k |
| Profit (best available) | £96.5k | −£186k | £50.9k | £185k |
| Staff costs | £872k | £934k | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 95 | 94 | 124 | 115 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | −4.6% | 0.9% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 62.1% | 62% | 62.4% | 66.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £39.4k | £43.4k | £47.5k | £54k |
| Profit per employee | £1k | −£2k | £410 | £1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.2% | ▲44.4% | ▲5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼292.8% | — | ▲263.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.1% | ▲31.9% | ▼7.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £370k | £899k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £3.8m | £3.5m | £3.1m |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £2.5m | £2.2m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £17.5k | £525k | £22.5k | £21k |
| Cash from operations | −£9.9k | £74.2k | £792k | £866k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 66.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £54k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 49.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲33%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 115
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £3.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Parkway Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Parkway Entertainment Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £185k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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