Carlton Leisure (UK) Limited
Registered name: CARLTON LEISURE (UK) LIMITED
Carlton Leisure (UK) Limited made £74m revenue and £583k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Carlton Leisure (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £74m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £583k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in Pinner; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Pinner, London
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £74.5m | £77.8m | £74m |
| Cost of sales | £70.5m | £73.4m | £70.7m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £4.4m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £2.2m | £480k |
| Profit before tax | £2.3m | £2.7m | £876k |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £2m | £583k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £2m | £583k |
| Staff costs | £593k | £615k | £615k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 2.6% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 5.3% | 5.7% | 4.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £9.3m | £7.8m | £7.4m |
| Profit per employee | £223k | £202k | £58.4k |
| Cash conversion | 31.9% | 157.3% | −409.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.4% | ▼4.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲13.6% | ▼71.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £15m | £10m | £11.3m |
| Net assets | £9.6m | £11.6m | £12.1m |
| Fixed assets | £180k | £275k | £221k |
| Current assets | £20m | £18m | £20m |
| Debtors | £208k | £546k | £318k |
| Deferred income | — | £0 | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | £611k | £3.5m | −£2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £7.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £58.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −409.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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 £12.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲13%
- Now £11.3m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £221k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £583k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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