HOWLETTS AND PORT LYMPNE ESTATES LIMITED

1. HOWLETTS AND PORT LYMPNE ESTATES LIMITED 1976-12-31 → present
2. GUGIS SECURITIES LIMITED 1973-06-29 → 1976-12-31

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Azets Audit Services

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Accounting standards require the directors to consider the appropriateness of the going concern basis when preparing the financial statements. The directors confirm that they consider that the going concern basis remains appropriate. The directors believe that the company has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors believe this to be the case as the company has positive reserves and cash balances. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Significant events

• “The opening of the additional unit of accommodation during 2023, the Lookout Bubble, plus an improvement in overall occupancy and visitor numbers have helped to increase the turnover by £2m”
• “In 2024 we commenced work on obtaining planning for Lion Lookout, a facility that will offer 12 units of accommodation overlooking our lion enclosure.”
• “We also began the preparation work for a new attraction which will commence in November 2025: Port Lympne Illuminated. This new festive light trail will encourage guests to visit the park in the winter months when historically visitor numbers are very low.”
• “In the coming years we also plan to complete the refurbishment of the back row Bear Lodge tents and introduce the Port Lympne Explorer accommodation to the park as soon as practical.”
• “Giraffe Hall remains in our sights, and we are considering how to finance this exciting project. The planning permission was made extant in 2023 but construction costs and inflation have continued to delay the start of this.”

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

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +11.2%

  £17,838,067 → £19,842,781

  highest in 5 filed years

• Cash

  -6.1%

  £326,216 → £306,333

• Net assets

  -34.2%

  £6,228,682 → £4,097,669

• Employees

  +8.3%

  337 → 365

  highest in 6 filed years

• Operating profit

  +38.4%

  £4,111,818 → £5,690,612

  highest in 5 filed years

• Profit before tax

  +40.4%

  £3,926,046 → £5,510,850

  highest in 6 filed years

• Wages

  +4.2%

  £6,549,220 → £6,824,309

  highest in 6 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