Bowmans Leisure Limited
Registered name: BOWMANS LEISURE LIMITED
Bowmans Leisure Limited made £6.6m revenue and £102k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Bowmans Leisure Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £6.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £102k profit and 165 employees. The company is classified under “raising of other animals” and is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.8m | £6.2m | £6m | £6.6m |
| Cost of sales | £933k | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £5m | £4.8m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | £100k | £301k | −£55k | £199k |
| Profit before tax | £138k | £352k | −£96.7k | £224k |
| Profit after tax | £111k | £238k | −£148k | £102k |
| Profit (best available) | £111k | £238k | −£148k | £102k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 114 | 143 | 147 | 165 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | 3.9% | −2.5% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | 83.8% | 80.6% | 80.3% | 79% |
| Revenue per employee | £50.5k | £43.3k | £40.8k | £39.7k |
| Profit per employee | £975 | £1.7k | −£1k | £618 |
| Cash conversion | −563.9% | −191% | — | −257.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.4% | ▼3% | ▲9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲114.4% | ▼162% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25.4% | ▲2.8% | ▲12.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £2m | £1.3m | £858k |
| Net assets | £10.5m | £10.7m | £10.6m | £10.7m |
| Fixed assets | £14.2m | £14.5m | £14.6m | £14.6m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £2.6m | £1.9m | £1.4m |
| Debtors | £59.4k | £76.9k | £69k | £32.6k |
| Deferred income | £984k | £1.1m | £1m | £415k |
| Cash from operations | −£565k | −£575k | −£591k | −£511k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 79%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £39.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £618
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −257.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 222.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £10.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼35%
- Now £858k
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 165
- Deferred income
- ▼58%
- Now £415k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £14.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Tyttenhanger Limited 25–50%
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 £102k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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