MERKUR BINGO UK LIMITED

1. MERKUR BINGO UK LIMITED 2025-09-08 → present
2. MERKUR BINGO AND CASINO ENTERTAINMENT UK LIMITED 2021-04-07 → 2025-09-08
3. BEACON BINGO LIMITED 2013-04-19 → 2021-04-07
4. THOMAS ESTATES LIMITED 1987-04-23 → 2013-04-19
5. PINMELL LIMITED 1987-01-30 → 1987-04-23

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

BDO LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Despite imminent winding down of the bingo operation within the Company, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of this report, therefore they continue to adopt the going concern basis for accounting in preparing the annual financial statements. In reaching this conclusion, the directors have considered the Group's financial position, given the interconnectedness of the business and shared resources. They have reviewed the Group's financial stability and forecasts, which support the Company's continued ability to operate as a going concern. Additionally, the Company has received a letter of support from the Group, confirming their commitment to provide financial assistance to the Company for the next 12 months if required.”

Significant events

• “On 1 January 2024, the Company transferred the trade and assets of its casino business in Aberdeen to Merkur Casino Entertainment UK Limited, a Merkur Casino UK Limited Group company.”
• “On 17 June 2024, the Bingo Clubs at Cricklewood and Northampton were sold to Buzz Group Limited.”
• “The main decision taken by the directors was to wind up bingo operations as part of the Group's wider strategy.”
• “On 24 March 2025, the sale of the remaining bingo club in Lowestoft completed, bringing an end to bingo operations within the Company.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -53.9%

  £20,264,000 → £9,338,000

• Cash

  -27.8%

  £2,576,000 → £1,861,000

• Net assets

  -27.5%

  £10,622,000 → £7,702,000

• Employees

  -50.7%

  213 → 105

• Operating profit

  +123.1%

  £385,000 → £859,000

• Profit before tax

  +1,225.7%

  £1,105,000 → £14,649,000

• Wages

  -53.5%

  £4,480,000 → £2,082,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers