ALLEN'S CARAVANS (ESTATES) LIMITED
Get an alert when ALLEN'S CARAVANS (ESTATES) LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-18 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-24.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£30M
-37.2% vs 2024
Employees
134
-24.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£269K
-122.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,353,822 | £20,760,083 | |
| Operating profit | £1,466,551 | £567,718 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,182,529 | -£269,248 | |
| Net profit | -£72,375 | -£313,563 | |
| Cash | £1,693,699 | £1,272,566 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £55,338,863 | £36,479,942 | |
| Net assets | £47,697,841 | £29,951,938 | |
| Equity | £47,697,841 | £29,951,938 | |
| Average employees | 178 | 134 | |
| Wages | £5,299,515 | £4,766,602 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | -0.3% | -1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.7% | 1.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.8% | 34.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34x | 1.00x | |
| Interest cover | 2.56x | 1.27x |
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
- Lancaster Haskins Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, as the Directors have assessed the Group's financial position and cash flow forecasts and are satisfied that it will continue to operate within its existing overdraft facility for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements, with no material uncertainties identified that would cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- ALLEN'S CARAVANS (ESTATES) LIMITED · parent
- Abbots Salford Caravans Limited 100%
- Allens Caravans Limited 100%
- Bartaward Limited 100%
- Overstone Lakes Caravan Park Limited 100%
- Sunbeach Holiday Estate Limited 100%
- Sunbourne Limited 100%
- The Springs Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The financial year ended 31 January 2025 was a year of transition for Allens Caravans (Estates) Limited, marked by the completion of a significant group-wide demerger in April 2024.”
- “The demerger resulted in the separation of various legacy businesses and enabled the company to refocus on its core parks and estates operations.”
- “Turnover of £20.76 million, of which £19.68 million related to continuing operations; Operating profit of £567,718, including £187,706 from continuing operations; A statutory loss before tax of £269,248 which includes one-off demerger-related costs.”
- “The company estimates that approximately £359,470 of these expenses are non-recurring and directly attributable to the demerger.”
- “Construction began on the Overstone Lakes residential and holiday developments, with the first phase focused on infrastructure and sales planning.”
- “The group's clubhouse refurbishment at Overstone Lakes (£400k), Sunbeach Park (£200k) and site upgrades at Abbots Salford (£100k) are also underway, funded through working capital.”
- “Since the reporting date, the company has commenced a development project to increase the number of plots at one of its parks. The total estimated cost of the development is £2 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, James Matthew | Director | 2012-09-10 | Jan 1980 | British |
| ALLEN, Mark William | Director | — | Nov 1954 | British |
| BATES, Sara Louise | Director | 2022-08-01 | Dec 1970 | British |
| HALL, Ashton | Director | 2008-09-01 | Oct 1971 | British |
| HARRISON, Emma | Director | 2025-08-04 | Feb 1997 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOULTER, John Henry | Secretary | — | 1993-11-16 |
| FOLKES, Julie Marie | Secretary | 2005-05-02 | 2005-09-06 |
| FOLKES, Julie Marie | Secretary | 1993-11-19 | 1994-10-31 |
| GEDDIE, Robert | Secretary | 1994-10-31 | 2005-05-01 |
| TYRES, Ian James | Secretary | 2005-09-06 | 2021-10-30 |
| ALLEN, John Scot | Director | 2003-04-24 | 2011-04-21 |
| ALLEN, Neil Anthony | Director | — | 2003-04-13 |
| ALLEN, William Hugh Skeldon | Director | — | 1999-11-23 |
| BAKER, Steven Peter | Director | 2021-10-11 | 2024-07-31 |
| BRIDGE, Francis John | Director | — | 2003-01-18 |
| EVANS, Adrian | Director | 2025-08-04 | 2026-02-10 |
| FOLKES, Joseph Matthew | Director | 2012-09-10 | 2024-05-01 |
| FOLKES, Julie Marie | Director | 1993-11-19 | 2024-05-01 |
| FRANCIS, Claricce May | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| GEDDIE, Robert | Director | 2003-05-21 | 2005-05-01 |
| JONES, Robert | Director | 2006-10-02 | 2022-01-31 |
| RUSS, John | Director | 2022-11-28 | 2024-07-14 |
| TYRES, Ian James | Director | 2006-10-02 | 2021-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen’S Caravans (Estates) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-03-15 | Active |
| Mr Mark William Allen | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-03-15 |
| Mr David Stuart Degge Lodder | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-03-15 |
| Mrs Sheila Patricia Allen | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-03-15 |
| Mrs Julie Maria Folkes | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 177 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-04-30 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2024-04-10 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2024-04-10 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2024-03-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
-11.1%
£23,353,822 £20,760,083
-
Cash
-24.9%
£1,693,699 £1,272,566
-
Net assets
-37.2%
£47,697,841 £29,951,938
-
Employees
-24.7%
178 134
-
Operating profit
-61.3%
£1,466,551 £567,718
-
Profit before tax
-122.8%
£1,182,529 -£269,248
-
Wages
-10.1%
£5,299,515 £4,766,602
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