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WINDERMERE LAKE CRUISES LIMITED
Cash
£4M
-50.2% vs 2022
Net assets
£13M
-1.5% vs 2022
Employees
135
+17.4% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£3M
-13.7% vs 2022
Profile
- Company number
- 00929280
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1968-03-22
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-01-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 50300
Net assets
5-year trend · vs UK Logistics & Mobility median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest 2023-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-01-31 | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £9,470,216 | £11,448,536 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £3,542,046 | £3,063,907 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £3,409,576 | £2,943,232 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £2,491,878 | £2,380,590 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £7,768,998 | £3,868,968 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £22,230,899 | £18,956,516 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £13,463,928 | £13,263,198 | |
| Equity | £11,028,130 | £11,260,184 | £11,076,333 | £13,463,928 | £13,263,198 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 115 | 135 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,660,585 | £3,339,622 |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Lamont Pridmore
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Despite the weaker than expected demand after the year end, and the pressures on profitability resulting from increased costs which may not be able to be passed onto customers, the Directors believe that the company has adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and for not less than one year from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- Ambleside Motor Launch Co. Limited · 100% held · England · Dormant
- Bowness Bay Boating Co. Limited · 100% held · England · Dormant
- Windermere Boating Company Limited · 100% held · England · Dormant
- Windermere Iron Steamboat Company Limited · 100% held · England · Dormant
- Windermere Motor Launch Company Limited · 100% held · England · Dormant
Significant events
- “During the winter of 2024/25, the construction of the facilities required to reintroduce the operation of self-drive motorboats to Lakeside were completed, ahead of the 2025 season.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
11 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMON, Andrew James | Secretary | 2015-01-21 | — | — |
| BEWLEY, William John | Director | — | Oct 1945 | British |
| BROCKBANK, John | Director | 2017-07-20 | Jan 1952 | British |
| CORMACK, Jennifer | Director | 2017-07-20 | Nov 1981 | British |
| DENNISON, Martin Raymond | Director | 2025-01-14 | Nov 1967 | British |
| FALLOWFIELD, Ernest George | Director | — | Apr 1941 | British |
| MICKLETHWAITE, Leslie | Director | 1996-04-29 | Jul 1943 | British |
| SIMON, Andrew James | Director | 2013-05-20 | Aug 1980 | British |
| THOMPSON, James Roy | Director | — | May 1947 | British |
| WILKINSON, Nigel | Director | 2004-03-01 | Jul 1964 | British |
| WOODBURN, John | Director | 2013-05-20 | Jun 1956 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLEMING, James William | Secretary | — | 2012-07-01 |
| BROCKBANK, Alan | Director | — | 2015-01-21 |
| COWHERD, Thomas Richard | Director | — | 2024-02-21 |
| DENNISON, Raymond | Director | — | 2007-07-29 |
| DIXON, Bruce | Director | — | 1997-04-28 |
| FLEMING, James William | Director | — | 2012-07-01 |
| HARDMAN, Philip Ross | Director | — | 2002-07-25 |
| HOWSON, Brian | Director | — | 2009-01-13 |
| ROTHWELL, Edward | Director | — | 2002-10-11 |
| SPROAT, James Alan | Director | — | 1996-04-01 |
| TWADDLE, Bryan | Director | — | 2010-05-08 |
| WILSON, Michael David | Director | 2001-02-27 | 2004-05-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winander Leisure Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 236 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-10-21 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-02-23 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-01-19 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-10-18 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-10-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2021-06-28 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2021-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-01-19 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2021-01-19 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2021-01-19 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2021-01-19 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2021-01-19 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2021-01-19 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2023-01-31
4.58
SAFE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.161 × 6.56 = +1.05
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.162 × 6.72 = +1.09
- Book equity / Total liabilities 2.326 × 1.05 = +2.44
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory