BLUE ANCHOR LEISURE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-10 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£17K
-19% vs 2023
Net assets
£61M
-1.7% vs 2023
Employees
293
+0.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-19.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BLUE ANCHOR LEISURE LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- BLUE ANCHOR CARAVAN SALES LIMITED 1973-01-22 → 1981-12-31
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £29,249,000 | £28,379,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £3,278,000 | £3,033,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £2,400,000 | £1,935,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,746,000 | £1,393,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £21,000 | £17,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £75,829,000 | £77,118,000 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £62,115,000 | £61,041,000 | |
| Equity | £60,004,000 | £60,729,000 | £61,248,000 | £65,270,000 | £63,265,000 | £62,115,000 | £61,041,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 291 | 293 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £7,871,000 | £8,128,000 |
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 11.2% | 10.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 6.0% | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 4.3% | 3.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.59x | 0.46x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 3.55x | 2.71x |
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
- Torr Waterfield Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider that there are no indicators to suggest that the company is not a going concern. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- BLUE ANCHOR LEISURE LIMITED · parent
- Alexander Finance Limited 100%
- Robin Hood Caravan Camp (Lincs) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “We continue to improve and grow our business and predict another successful year in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLMES, Peter Raymond Fransiscus | Director | — | Oct 1948 | British |
| MOSES, Jonathan Scott | Director | 2012-01-01 | Mar 1974 | British |
| WOODWARD, Sally-Ann | Director | 2010-10-07 | Jun 1967 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLMES, Peter Raymond Fransiscus | Secretary | — | 2011-01-23 |
| COX, Stuart Christopher | Director | 2010-09-16 | 2018-05-13 |
| COX, Stuart Christopher | Director | 2009-03-25 | 2010-09-12 |
| COX, Stuart Christopher | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2008-09-30 |
| COX, Stuart Christopher | Director | 2008-03-06 | 2008-04-14 |
| WILKINSON, Raymond | Director | — | 2011-12-31 |
| WOODWARD, Joanne | Director | — | 2005-03-23 |
| WOODWARD, John | Director | — | 2010-09-12 |
| WOODWARD, Maureen Dorothy | Director | — | 1992-11-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Anchor Leisure Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 438 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2019-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-02-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-3%
£29,249,000 £28,379,000
-
Cash
-19%
£21,000 £17,000
-
Net assets
-1.7%
£62,115,000 £61,041,000
-
Employees
+0.7%
291 293
-
Operating profit
-7.5%
£3,278,000 £3,033,000
-
Profit before tax
-19.4%
£2,400,000 £1,935,000
-
Wages
+3.3%
£7,871,000 £8,128,000
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