Icelolly Marketing Limited
Registered name: ICELOLLY MARKETING LIMITED
Part of Palatine Private Equity LLP groupIcelolly Marketing Limited made £7m revenue and a £233k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Icelolly Marketing Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £233k and 12 employees. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2005
- 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 immediate parent company of the Company is Ice Travel Group Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom, registered number: 13386700. The registered office address for Ice Travel Group L”
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.1m | £6.2m | £6.5m | £7m |
| Cost of sales | £1.2m | £1.8m | £2.6m | £3.5m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £4.4m | £3.8m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | −£90.3k | −£228k | £662k | −£236k |
| Profit before tax | −£90.3k | −£228k | £662k | −£236k |
| Profit after tax | −£107k | −£295k | £473k | −£233k |
| Profit (best available) | −£107k | −£295k | £473k | −£233k |
| Staff costs | £644k | £692k | £644k | — |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 18 | 12 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2.6% | −4.7% | 7.3% | −3.4% |
| Gross margin | 72% | 71.1% | 59.4% | 49.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £275k | £345k | £538k | £581k |
| Profit per employee | −£7.1k | −£16.4k | £39.4k | −£19.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲50.8% | ▲4% | ▲8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼149.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20% | ▼33.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1m | £1.5m | £875k |
| Net assets | £641k | £347k | £819k | £586k |
| Fixed assets | £303k | £479k | £432k | £547k |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £2.4m | £3m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £333k | £472k | £477k | £536k |
| Deferred income | £122k | £110k | £100k | £122k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £581k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£19.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- 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
- ▼28%
- Now £586k
- Cash at bank
- ▼41%
- Now £875k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- ▲22%
- Now £122k
- Fixed assets
- ▲27%
- Now £547k
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
- Palatine Private Equity LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Icelolly Bidco Limited25–50%
- Ice Travel Group Limited75–100%
- Icelolly Marketing Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Express Rooms LtdFigures not disclosed
- Icelolly LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Icelolly.co.uk LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Icelolly.com LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Travelsupermarket LimitedRev. £11m · Profit −£312k
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 −£233k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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