MELLORS GROUP URBAN PLAYGROUND HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.3m
+170.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£6.3m
-0.1% vs 2024
Employees
302
+22.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£18k
+99.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £319,000 | £9,242,000 | £18,122,000 | +96.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£699,000 | -£3,108,000 | -£18,000 | +99.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£699,000 | -£3,108,000 | -£18,000 | +99.4% | |
| Net profit | -£699,000 | -£3,436,000 | -£8,000 | +99.8% | |
| Cash | £36,000 | £483,000 | £1,305,000 | +170.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,635,000 | -£6,263,000 | -£6,271,000 | -0.1% | |
| Net assets | -£1,635,000 | -£6,263,000 | -£6,271,000 | -0.1% | |
| Equity | -£1,635,000 | -£6,263,000 | -£6,271,000 | -0.1% | |
| Average employees | 4 | 247 | 302 | +22.3% | |
| Wages | — | £3,547,000 | £5,938,000 | +67.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £3,000 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -33.6% | -0.1% | |
| Net margin | — | -37.2% | -0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 135.3% | 127.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.54x | 0.12x | 0.19x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MELLORS GROUP URBAN PLAYGROUND HOLDINGS LIMITED 2021-06-11 → present
- FUNDERWORLD LIMITED 2003-08-15 → 2021-06-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Group's forecasts and projections, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group can remain a viable, going concern for the foreseeable future, particularly as the ultimate parent undertaking, Mellors Group (Holdings) Limited, have confirmed their ongoing support throughout this period. The Group therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MELLORS GROUP URBAN PLAYGROUND HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Mellors Group U P No1 Limited 100%
- Mellors Group U P No2 Limited 100%
- Mellors Group U P No3 Limited 100%
- Mellors Group U P No4 Limited 100%
- Urban Playground LLC Virginia 100%
- Urban Playground LLC Illinois 100%
Significant events
- “FY25 includes the first full year results of our new venue in Canary Wharf, having opened in the previous year, and the results have exceeded our expectations.”
- “A third UK site has been secured in a prominent city centre location with construction planned to begin in FY26 and to open the same year. Further expansion of Putters is planned with a new second venue with construction and planned opening in FY26.”
- “International expansion has begun with our first US venue secured in the year. Construction began in FY25 and a planned opening during FY26.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COBB, Brian Rowland | Secretary | 2021-09-30 | — | — |
| MELLORS, Edward James | Director | 2003-08-15 | Oct 1979 | British |
| MELLORS, James Frederick | Director | 2003-08-15 | Oct 1977 | British |
| MELLORS, James Henry | Director | 2003-08-15 | Oct 1945 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELLORS, Susan | Secretary | 2003-08-15 | 2020-04-27 |
| RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-08-15 | 2003-08-15 |
| GALE, Paul Antony | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2024-06-03 |
| MELLORS, Susan | Director | 2003-08-15 | 2020-04-27 |
| RWL DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-08-15 | 2003-08-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mellors Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-06-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 70 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-06-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-03 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-03-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2021-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-06-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.