The Home of Golf Limited
Registered name: THE HOME OF GOLF LIMITED
Part of St Andrews Links Trust groupThe Home of Golf Limited made £18.2m revenue and £3.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
The Home of Golf Limited’s revenue grew 31% to £18.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.2m profit and 439 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of clothing in specialised stores” and is based in Fife; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Fife, Scotland
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 regards itself as wholly owned by St Andrews Links Trust, a charitable trust registered in Scotland, Charity No SC006161.”
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 | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.4m | £13.9m | £18.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £5.1m | £5.9m | £7m |
| Gross profit | — | £7.2m | £7.9m | £11.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | £4.2m | £4.7m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | £4.2m | £4.7m | £3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | £4.2m | £4.7m | £3.2m |
| Staff costs | — | £1.8m | £1.9m | £10.3m |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 55 | 55 | 439 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 34.2% | 34.2% | 17.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 58.5% | 57.2% | 61.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £225k | £252k | £41.5k |
| Profit per employee | £67.8k | £76.9k | £86.2k | £7.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | −269.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲12.1% | ▲31.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲35.6% | ▲12.1% | ▼31.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲19.6% | 0% | ▲698.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £141k | £267k | £24.9k | £3.8m |
| Net assets | £4.4m | £5.8m | £6.2m | £4.8m |
| Fixed assets | £36.1k | £21.6k | £89.7k | £181k |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £7m | £7.5m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £101k | £44.6k | £15.9k | £187k |
| Deferred income | — | £458k | £488k | £522k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£3m | −£4.1m | −£8.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 61.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £41.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −269.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- 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
- ▼23%
- Now £4.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲15320%
- Now £3.8m
- Headcount
- ▲698%
- Now 439
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £522k
- Fixed assets
- ▲102%
- Now £181k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- St Andrews Links Trust (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- The Home of Golf Limitedthis 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 Dec 2025 (profit £3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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