Tenpin Limited
Registered name: TENPIN LIMITED
Part of Tpe Parent Limited groupTenpin Limited made £146m revenue and £14.4m profit in the year to 28 Dec 2025.
Tenpin Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £146m in the year to 28 Dec 2025, with £14.4m profit and 2,343 employees. The company is classified under “other amusement and recreation activities” and is based in Bedford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bedford
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £142m | £146m |
| Cost of sales | −£49.2m | −£53.1m |
| Gross profit | £92.8m | £93.4m |
| Operating profit | £37m | £29.5m |
| Profit before tax | £27.4m | £19m |
| Profit after tax | £24.7m | £14.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £24.7m | £14.4m |
| Employees (average) | 2,188 | 2,343 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 17.4% | 9.8% |
| Gross margin | 65.3% | 63.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £64.9k | £62.5k |
| Profit per employee | £11.3k | £6.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼41.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 63.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £62.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.1k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 2,343
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Tpe Parent Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tpe Finance Limited75–100%
- Tpe Buyer Limited75–100%
- Tenpin Entertainment Limited75–100%
- Teg Holdings Limited75–100%
- Tenpin Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Quattroleisure LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tenpin (Halifax) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tenpin (Sunderland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tenpin Five LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tenpin One LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Indoor Bowling Equity LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Dec 2025 (profit £14.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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