Swim Sports Company Ltd
Registered name: SWIM SPORTS COMPANY LTD
Part of Arete Investors 22 (Nominees) Limited groupSwim Sports Company Ltd made £15.4m revenue and £971k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026. read from filing text
Swim Sports Company Ltd’s revenue grew 6% to £15.4m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £971k profit and 419 employees. The company is classified under “activities of sport clubs” and is based in Bolton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 company is a subsidiary undertaking of Total Swimming Holdings Limited, which is a subsidiary of We Are Swim Holdings Limited. We Are Swim Holdings Limited is registered in England. Copies of the ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £5.1m | £7.5m | £14.6m | £15.4m |
| Cost of sales | £3m | £3.8m | £6.3m | £6.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £3.7m | £8.2m | £9.1m |
| Operating profit | −£849k | −£668k | £1.4m | £701k |
| Profit before tax | −£849k | −£1.3m | £758k | £573k |
| Profit after tax | −£721k | −£1.3m | £992k | £971k |
| Profit (best available) | −£721k | −£1.3m | £992k | £971k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3.6m | £5.1m | £5.7m |
| Employees (average) | 158 | 292 | 398 | 419 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −14% | −17.8% | 6.8% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | 41.2% | 49% | 56.5% | 59% |
| Revenue per employee | £32.6k | £25.6k | £36.6k | £36.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£4.6k | −£4.5k | £2.5k | £2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲45% | ▲95% | ▲6.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼2.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲84.8% | ▲36.3% | ▲5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £311k | £20k | £527k | £810k |
| Net assets | −£1.2m | −£2.5m | −£1.5m | −£770k |
| Fixed assets | £5.9m | £9.4m | £9.5m | £9.6m |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.9m | £2.6m |
| Debtors | £122k | £255k | £437k | £112k |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 59%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £36.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 61.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- 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
- —
- Now −£770k
- Cash at bank
- ▲54%
- Now £810k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 419
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £1.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £9.6m
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
- Arete Investors 22 (Nominees) Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- We Are Swim Holdings Limited75–100%
- Total Swimming Holdings Limited75–100%
- Swim Sports Company Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £971k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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