Blackpool Promotions Limited
Registered name: BLACKPOOL PROMOTIONS LIMITED
Part of Lythe Holdings Ltd groupBlackpool Promotions Limited made £4.4m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Blackpool Promotions Limited’s revenue fell 30% to £4.4m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £2.3m profit and 67 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1995
- 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: “Lythe Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £6.3m | £4.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £4.8m | £3.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£1.2m | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£1.2m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£1.2m | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 148 | 100 | 85 | 67 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −19.6% | 52.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 23.6% | 24.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £74.3k | £65.9k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£14.6k | £34.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼30.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼32.4% | ▼15% | ▼21.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £195k | £53.7k | £81.2k |
| Net assets | −£5.5m | −£895k | −£2.1m | −£353k |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.1m | £922k | £668k |
| Current assets | £2.4m | £900k | £727k | £764k |
| Debtors | £148k | £53.3k | £11k | £5.9k |
| Deferred income | £2.1m | £1.6m | £1.4m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 52.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £65.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £34.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- —
- Now −£353k
- Cash at bank
- ▲51%
- Now £81.2k
- Headcount
- ▼21%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼28%
- Now £668k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lythe Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Blackpool Promotions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Illuminations Transport Services Ltd.Figures 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 31 Jul 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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