POSTCODE LOTTERY LIMITED

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, which assumes that the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company meets its day to day working capital requirements through its cash reserves. The directors have reviewed detailed cash flow forecasts and have considered severe, but plausible, downside risks, and as a result consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”

Significant events

• “In 2024 the total proceeds of all lotteries managed by People's Postcode Lottery grew to £691.1m, an increase of 9% from the £632.8m proceeds in 2023.”
• “The loss for the financial year of £3.9m compares with the loss of £3.4m in 2023, primarily attributable to a further increase in marketing investment to drive future growth.”

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

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

1

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

  +9.3%

  £143,477,974 → £156,755,927

• Cash

  -45.8%

  £16,092,496 → £8,729,193

• Net assets

  -32.3%

  £11,961,302 → £8,093,700

• Employees

  +5.5%

  385 → 406

• Operating profit

  -11.9%

  -£9,761,648 → -£10,927,893

• Profit before tax

  -13.4%

  -£4,436,865 → -£5,031,118

• Wages

  +15.7%

  £19,239,128 → £22,251,749

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