WELCOME BREAK LIMITED

1. WELCOME BREAK LIMITED 1997-05-08 → present
2. WELCOME BREAK GROUP LIMITED 1997-03-06 → 1997-05-08
3. FORTE WELCOME BREAK LIMITED 1991-06-03 → 1997-03-06
4. TRUSTHOUSE FORTE SERVICE AREAS LIMITED 1983-08-17 → 1991-06-03
5. ICEMILL LIMITED 1983-06-30 → 1983-08-17

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

Deloitte LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Directors conclude the going concern basis is appropriate for the reasons discussed in the following paragraphs. Management have prepared a forecast covering the next 12 months from signing these financial statements. Having reviewed these detailed cashflow forecasts, the directors are comfortable that the business, and each company, will have sufficient liquidity to operate for at least the next 12 months, and have significant headroom in both. This position is continually monitored by the directors. The Directors of Appia Group Limited have provided a letter of support to the company to allow it to meet its liabilities as they become due for 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. 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

1. WELCOME BREAK LIMITED · parent
   1. Motorway Services Limited 91.67% · England and Wales · motorway service area operator
   2. Welcome Break Gretna Green Partnership 50% · Great Britain · motorway service area operator

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

Filings

7

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

  +1.6%

  £476,417,000 → £484,117,000

• Cash

  -0.3%

  £1,011,000 → £1,008,000

• Net assets

  -26.2%

  £175,181,000 → £129,282,000

• Employees

  +0.6%

  2,691 → 2,707

• Operating profit

  -0.1%

  £41,265,000 → £41,235,000

• Profit before tax

  -1.3%

  £37,825,000 → £37,351,000

• Wages

  +4.4%

  £42,115,000 → £43,959,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers