The Beatles Story Limited
Registered name: THE BEATLES STORY LIMITED
Part of Merseytravel groupThe Beatles Story Limited made £257k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026 (revenue not disclosed).
The Beatles Story Limited reported £257k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026, down 45% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 104 employees. The company is classified under “other amusement and recreation activities” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £469k | £257k |
| Profit (best available) | £469k | £257k |
| Employees (average) | 97 | 104 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £4.8k | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▼45.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £40.2k | £48.4k |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £3m |
| Debtors | £32k | £35.1k |
| Deferred income | £450k | £611k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲20%
- Now £48.4k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 104
- Deferred income
- ▲36%
- Now £611k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £1.5m
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
- Merseytravel (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Mersey Ferries Limited75–100%
- The Beatles Story 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 2026 (profit £257k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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