SERCO LEISURE OPERATING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-02 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£4M
+1.9% vs 2023
Employees
291
+5.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£785K
+5.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SERCO LEISURE OPERATING LIMITED 2003-08-29 → present
- ROADSIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES LIMITED 2003-03-05 → 2003-08-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,505,000 | £17,961,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£377,000 | -£131,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£833,000 | -£785,000 | |
| Net profit | -£141,000 | £83,000 | |
| Cash | — | £1,028,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,944,000 | £6,194,000 | |
| Net assets | -£4,517,000 | -£4,433,000 | |
| Equity | -£4,517,000 | -£4,433,000 | |
| Average employees | 276 | 291 | |
| Wages | £6,927,000 | £7,379,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.2% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | -0.8% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -19.4% | -2.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 147.2% | 132.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.03x | 1.44x | |
| Interest cover | -0.82x | -0.20x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Significant events
- “On 1 July the Company received a capital contribution from its parent company of £8.0m in order to repay its loan payable to another group company. The capital contribution has been recognised in equity and contributes £8.0m to net assets.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, Amanda | Secretary | 2025-10-01 | — | — |
| BAILEY, Simon Richard | Director | 2024-03-05 | Oct 1968 | British |
| CONNEELY, Gillian Rosarie | Director | 2023-10-12 | Oct 1974 | Irish |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVELEIGH, David Charles | Secretary | 2022-12-16 | 2023-09-15 |
| GRAHAM-BURRELL, Nickesha | Secretary | 2023-09-15 | 2025-10-01 |
| TODD, Francesca Anne | Secretary | 2003-03-05 | 2006-05-31 |
| SERCO CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-05-31 | 2022-12-16 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-03-05 | 2003-03-05 |
| ADAMS, John Ellis | Director | 2003-07-21 | 2005-05-06 |
| BAINS, Satwant Singh | Director | 2004-07-27 | 2005-06-30 |
| BOULT, Michael Gordon | Director | 2014-04-10 | 2018-12-17 |
| BROWN, Michael Peter | Director | 2005-02-08 | 2006-03-01 |
| BRYAN, Gillian Patricia | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2013-03-07 |
| HICKEY, John Patrick | Director | 2010-09-20 | 2012-05-15 |
| HILLAS, Keith John Newland | Director | 2018-08-09 | 2020-06-02 |
| HOLDEN, Peter John | Director | 2003-07-21 | 2005-02-08 |
| PHELPS, Ian Michael | Director | 2008-01-28 | 2018-12-10 |
| STEVENS, Lynne | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2023-10-13 |
| TAYLOR, Chris John | Director | 2003-03-05 | 2003-07-21 |
| THOMAS, Keith | Director | 2006-08-22 | 2014-06-12 |
| WILLIAMS, Richard Charles | Director | 2012-07-30 | 2014-06-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Richard Charles | Director | 2005-08-29 | 2010-01-01 |
| YOUNG, Andrew James Bruce | Director | 2013-09-02 | 2018-05-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serco Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-29 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-24 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-22 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+2.6%
£17,505,000 £17,961,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+1.9%
-£4,517,000 -£4,433,000
-
Employees
+5.4%
276 291
-
Operating profit
+65.3%
-£377,000 -£131,000
-
Profit before tax
+5.8%
-£833,000 -£785,000
-
Wages
+6.5%
£6,927,000 £7,379,000
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