Hollywood Bowl Group PLC
Registered name: HOLLYWOOD BOWL GROUP PLC
Hollywood Bowl Group PLC made £251m revenue and £34.6m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Hollywood Bowl Group PLC’s revenue grew 9% to £251m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £34.6m profit and 2,882 employees. The company is classified under “other sports activities” and is based in Hemel Hempstead; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hemel Hempstead, South East
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £230m | £251m |
| Cost of sales | −£84.9m | −£93.7m |
| Gross profit | £145m | £157m |
| Operating profit | £53.5m | £58.2m |
| Profit before tax | £42.8m | £44.3m |
| Profit after tax | £29.9m | £34.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £29.9m | £34.6m |
| Employees (average) | 2,826 | 2,882 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 13% | 13.8% |
| Gross margin | 63.1% | 62.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £81.5k | £87k |
| Profit per employee | £10.6k | £12k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £87k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12k
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now 2,882
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Hollywood Bowl Ebt LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kanyeco LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £34.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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