WINDERMERE LAKE CRUISES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-13 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-1.1% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£12M
-0.1% vs 2024
Employees
148
+2.1% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£4M
-4.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WINDERMERE LAKE CRUISES LIMITED 1996-02-22 → present
- BOWNESS BAY BOATING CO. LIMITED 1968-03-22 → 1996-02-22
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-01-31 | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £9,470,216 | £11,448,536 | £13,130,303 | £13,635,232 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £3,542,046 | £3,063,907 | £3,876,839 | £3,776,775 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £3,409,576 | £2,943,232 | £3,784,047 | £3,616,620 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £2,491,878 | £2,380,590 | £2,866,667 | £2,709,429 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £7,768,998 | £3,868,968 | £2,850,513 | £2,817,901 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £22,230,899 | £18,956,516 | £17,394,611 | £17,312,000 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £13,463,928 | £13,263,198 | £11,758,578 | £11,752,402 | |
| Equity | £11,028,130 | £11,260,184 | £11,076,333 | £13,463,928 | £13,263,198 | £11,758,578 | £11,752,402 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 115 | 135 | 145 | 148 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,660,585 | £3,339,622 | £3,851,919 | £4,097,398 |
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 | 2019-01-31 | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 37.4% | 26.8% | 29.5% | 27.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 26.3% | 20.8% | 21.8% | 19.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 15.9% | 16.2% | 22.3% | 21.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.10x | 2.12x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 26.66x | 16.28x | 12.24x | 11.62x |
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
- 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.”
Group structure
- WINDERMERE LAKE CRUISES LIMITED · parent
- Ambleside Motor Launch Co. Limited 100%
- Bowness Bay Boating Co. Limited 100%
- Windermere Boating Company Limited 100%
- Windermere Iron Steamboat Company Limited 100%
- Windermere Motor Launch Company Limited 100%
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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
+3.8%
£13,130,303 £13,635,232
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
-1.1%
£2,850,513 £2,817,901
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-0.1%
£11,758,578 £11,752,402
-
Employees
+2.1%
145 148
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-2.6%
£3,876,839 £3,776,775
-
Profit before tax
-4.4%
£3,784,047 £3,616,620
-
Wages
+6.4%
£3,851,919 £4,097,398
highest in 4 filed years
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