LONGLEAT ENTERPRISES LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-12-01 (in 7mo)

Last made up 2025-11-17

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£13M

-6.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£24M

+4.3% vs 2023

Employees

591

+10.3% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£1M

-60% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

LONGLEAT ENTERPRISES LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	—	—	£32,803,802	£32,437,240
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	£2,936,858	£927,767
Profit before tax	—	—	—	—	£2,831,357	£1,131,619
Net profit	—	—	—	—	£2,036,457	£988,160
Cash	—	—	—	—	£14,107,957	£13,215,626
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	—	—	£23,336,142	£24,324,302
Net assets	—	—	—	—	£22,854,924	£23,843,084
Equity	£24,732,119	£21,685,050	£27,018,395	£22,018,467	£22,854,924	£23,843,084
Average employees	—	—	—	—	536	591
Wages	—	—	—	—	£10,137,076	£10,885,784

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	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	9.0%	2.9%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	6.2%	3.0%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	12.6%	3.8%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	2.1%	2.0%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	2.06x	2.33x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	37.22x	13.28x

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: Saffery LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

LONGLEAT ENTERPRISES LIMITED · parent
1. Longleat Bath Arms Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant company

Significant events

“2024 proved to be another successful year at both Longleat and Cheddar, demonstrating the ongoing appeal of our attractions. We remain committed to long term investment at both attractions and have invested substantially in our African Painted Dogs enclosure at Longleat and Yeo's Journey at Cheddar, which is an immersive augmented reality experience in Cox's cave; both exhibits opened during Easter 2024. We anticipate great interest in the reintroduction of Hippos at Longleat and we intend to announce further investment in due course.”

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

People

4 active · 18 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
CATOR, Albemarle John	Director	2004-11-19	Aug 1953	British
FRANKS, Simon	Director	2025-01-01	Oct 1971	British
SCHAFFER, Janie	Director	2017-06-30	Dec 1961	British
THYNN, Ceawlin	Director	2004-11-19	Jun 1974	British

Show 18 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
GRIFFITHS, Richard Anthony	Secretary	—	1994-12-15
HINES, David	Secretary	2011-02-24	2011-09-01
MOORE, Timothy Roger William, Mr.	Secretary	1994-12-15	2011-02-24
ROWAN, Reena	Secretary	2011-09-01	2012-03-23
ABIGAIL, Anna Maria	Director	—	2009-12-04
BENCE, David Edward	Director	2013-04-25	2014-04-30
BRADLEY, David Michael	Director	2011-02-24	2013-10-04
CHANTLER, Michael John	Director	2003-07-06	2004-11-19
DEVAS, James Campbell	Director	2009-05-01	2015-01-27
ELIASCH, Johan	Director	2016-12-01	2023-09-18
GRIFFITHS, Richard Anthony	Director	1993-03-30	2002-01-01
KENNEDY, William Kevin	Director	—	1993-03-17
MONTGOMERY, Robert Bruce	Director	2014-02-14	2019-02-21
MOORE, Timothy Roger William	Director	2014-01-29	2016-12-31
PARRY, Richard William James	Director	2011-10-06	2016-06-02
STANLEY, Oliver Hugh	Director	2010-05-12	2011-09-04
STANLEY, Richard Morgan Oliver, The Honourable	Director	2004-11-19	2010-10-21
THYNN, Alexander George, The Most Honourable	Director	—	2009-12-04

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Simon Franks	Individual	ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust	2018-06-25	Ceased 2024-12-31
Mr Harry Westropp	Individual	ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust	2018-06-25	Active
Mr James Felton Somers Hervey-Bathurst	Individual	Shares 75–100%	2016-05-24	Active
Lord Alastair John Margadale	Individual	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2018-06-25
Mr Timothy Roger William Moore	Individual	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2016-12-31
Mr Albemarle John Cator	Individual	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 162 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2023-05-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-11-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-11-17	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-06-02	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-06-02	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2025-01-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-05-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-01-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-10-16	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-09-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-05-23	SH19	capital	Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2023-05-23	SH20	capital	Legacy
2023-05-23	CAP-SS	insolvency	Legacy
2023-05-23	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2023-01-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-09-30	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2022-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-01-27	SH02	capital	Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital
2022-01-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 5
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

-1.1%

£32,803,802 £32,437,240
Cash

-6.3%

£14,107,957 £13,215,626
Net assets

+4.3%

£22,854,924 £23,843,084
Employees

+10.3%

536 591
Operating profit

-68.4%

£2,936,858 £927,767
Profit before tax

-60%

£2,831,357 £1,131,619
Wages

+7.4%

£10,137,076 £10,885,784

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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