PLACES FOR PEOPLE LEISURE MANAGEMENT LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-19 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£274K
-83% vs 2024
Net assets
£41M
+9.4% vs 2024
Employees
145
+0.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
-17.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PLACES FOR PEOPLE LEISURE MANAGEMENT LTD. 2014-04-01 → present
- D.C. LEISURE MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1991-10-29 → 2014-04-01
- RAREDERIVE LIMITED 1991-02-25 → 1991-10-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,337,000 | £26,381,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,647,000 | £3,646,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,661,000 | £4,673,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,215,000 | £3,501,000 | |
| Cash | £1,614,000 | £274,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £38,799,000 | £41,089,000 | |
| Net assets | £37,381,000 | £40,882,000 | |
| Equity | £37,381,000 | £40,882,000 | |
| Average employees | 144 | 145 | |
| Wages | £4,078,000 | £4,677,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.6% | 13.8% | |
| Net margin | 16.0% | 13.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.0% | 8.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.5% | 38.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.55x | 2.54x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- PLACES FOR PEOPLE LEISURE MANAGEMENT LTD. · parent
- PfPL Developments Ltd. 100%
- Sam Jones (Clubs) Limited 100%
- PfPL Projects (Epping) Ltd. 100%
- PfPL Projects (Gosport) Ltd 100%
- PfPL Projects (Hinckley) Ltd 100%
- PfPL Projects (Sandwell) Ltd 100%
- PfPL Projects (Sparkhill) Ltd 100%
- PfPL Projects (Surrey Heath) Ltd 100%
- PfPL Projects (Wyre Forest) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “A provision of £1.5 million was made following a post balance sheet event related to the failure of a subcontracted delivery partner, requiring the Company to take over contract operations.”
- “On 1 April 2024, the company began managing ten facilities in partnership with Northumberland County Council, including delivery of an integrated public health contract.”
- “On 1 October 2024, the company initiated a partnership with Spelthorne Borough Council to operate the £50 million Eclipse Leisure Centre and Sunbury Leisure Centre.”
- “Development of the £25 million all-electric Epping Leisure Centre is scheduled for completion in winter 2025.”
- “Plans for a new Outdoor Sports Centre in Mid Sussex and a gym facility in Edinburgh are scheduled to open in spring/summer 2025.”
- “Implementation of a Jira-based service desk system in October 2024 streamlined colleague support workflows and improved service response times.”
- “The Company released its dilapidation provision relating to the Southampton contract following a post-balance sheet event due to a subcontractor entering administration.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEACON, Joanna Kate | Secretary | 2023-07-01 | — | — |
| HAGAN, Tatiana | Director | 2024-04-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
| STEWARD, Belinda Mary | Director | 2024-04-01 | Jul 1967 | British |
| WALKER, Daniel Matthew | Director | 2019-04-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DODD, Sandra | Secretary | 2003-10-31 | 2013-10-01 |
| GRIFFITHS, Michael Anthony | Secretary | 2002-10-25 | 2003-10-31 |
| MARTIN, Christopher Paul | Secretary | 2013-10-01 | 2023-07-01 |
| OLIVER, John Frederick | Secretary | 1991-11-27 | 2002-10-25 |
| SAUNERS, Mark Bradley | Secretary | 1991-10-22 | 1991-11-27 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-02-25 | 1991-10-22 |
| ARMITAGE, Peter Lockhart | Director | 1991-11-27 | 2003-10-31 |
| BATES, John David | Director | 2016-05-17 | 2019-03-31 |
| BREMNER, Mark Ian | Director | 1991-11-27 | 2003-11-11 |
| CAUNTER, Robert Timothy | Director | 1991-11-27 | 2003-10-31 |
| COWANS, David | Director | 2012-12-12 | 2021-12-01 |
| CRACKNELL, Christopher David | Director | 1991-11-27 | 2003-10-31 |
| CROSS, David Donald | Director | 1991-11-27 | 2003-10-31 |
| D'COSTA, Carolyn Ann | Director | 2016-02-16 | 2023-10-31 |
| DODD, Sandra | Director | 2002-12-01 | 2020-08-25 |
| GRIFFITHS, Michael Anthony | Director | — | 2003-10-31 |
| HEWETT, Timothy Cleveland | Director | 2003-11-06 | 2016-06-30 |
| JOSEPH, Simon Elliot | Director | 1991-10-22 | 1991-11-27 |
| KIRKHAM, Peter | Director | 2003-11-06 | 2016-07-01 |
| LEE, Oliver Andrew | Director | 2022-07-28 | 2023-08-11 |
| MCPARTLAN, Paul Louis | Director | 2020-08-25 | 2022-07-28 |
| NOURSE, Paul | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2024-03-31 |
| OLIVER, John Frederick | Director | 1993-01-04 | 2003-10-31 |
| OXLEY, John David | Director | 2015-04-29 | 2020-09-30 |
| PHILLIPS, Christopher Robin Leslie | Director | 2012-12-12 | 2016-03-14 |
| PHILPOTT, Stephen John Randall | Director | 2003-11-17 | 2015-01-16 |
| SAUNERS, Mark Bradley | Director | 1991-10-22 | 1991-11-27 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-02-25 | 1991-10-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pfpl (Holdings) Ltd. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 196 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-24 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+0.2%
£26,337,000 £26,381,000
-
Cash
-83%
£1,614,000 £274,000
-
Net assets
+9.4%
£37,381,000 £40,882,000
-
Employees
+0.7%
144 145
-
Operating profit
-21.5%
£4,647,000 £3,646,000
-
Profit before tax
-17.5%
£5,661,000 £4,673,000
-
Wages
+14.7%
£4,078,000 £4,677,000
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