Hawthorn Leisure Acquisitions Limited
Registered name: HAWTHORN LEISURE ACQUISITIONS LIMITED
Part of Legal & General Group PLC groupHawthorn Leisure Acquisitions Limited made £10.1m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 1 Jun 2025.
Hawthorn Leisure Acquisitions Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £10.1m in the year to 1 Jun 2025, with £1.9m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “public houses and bars” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 May 2023 | 26 May 2024 | 1 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.8m | £9.7m | £10.1m |
| Cost of sales | £4.4m | £4.5m | £4.5m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £5.3m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £904k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £904k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £399k | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £399k | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 12.8% | 4.1% | 18.6% |
| Gross margin | 54.9% | 54.1% | 55.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.5% | ▲3.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼68.1% | ▲371.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £165k | £57k | £82k |
| Net assets | £25.5m | £29m | £37.1m |
| Fixed assets | £19.2m | £21.8m | £26.5m |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £8.7m | £12m |
| Debtors | £69k | £103k | £101k |
| Deferred income | £780k | £673k | £670k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 261.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1%
- 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 £37.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲44%
- Now £82k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼0%
- Now £670k
- Fixed assets
- ▲22%
- Now £26.5m
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
- Legal & General Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- PSSF Brady Holdco (UK) Limited75–100%
- Brady P&C Limited75–100%
- At Brady Holdings Limited75–100%
- At Brady Bidco Limited75–100%
- Hawthorn Leisure Topco Limited75–100%
- Hawthorn Leisure Holdings Limited75–100%
- Hawthorn Leisure Limited75–100%
- Hawthorn Leisure Acquisitions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Hawthorn Leisure Honey LimitedRev. £8.9m · Profit £1.2m
- Hawthorn Leisure Management LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£89k
- Hawthorn Leisure Scotco LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 1 Jun 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.