BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-20 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-03-24
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-15 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+0.3% vs 2023
Net assets
-£3M
-867.8% vs 2023
Employees
666
+12.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3M
-417.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH LIMITED 1986-09-01 → present
- REDZIG LIMITED 1985-01-10 → 1986-09-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-03-24
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-26 | 2024-03-24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31,794,861 | £32,054,999 | |
| Operating profit | £611,549 | -£1,192,807 | |
| Profit before tax | -£521,994 | -£2,701,488 | |
| Net profit | -£789,714 | -£2,766,406 | |
| Cash | £1,002,755 | £1,005,518 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,404,160 | £10,821,263 | |
| Net assets | -£318,783 | -£3,085,189 | |
| Equity | -£318,783 | -£3,085,189 | |
| Average employees | 590 | 666 | |
| Wages | £11,338,449 | £12,855,768 |
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 | 2023-03-26 | 2024-03-24 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.9% | -3.7% | |
| Net margin | -2.5% | -8.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.6% | -11.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.37x | 0.36x | |
| Interest cover | 0.54x | -0.79x |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. The financial statements do not reflect any adjustments as a result of the increase in economic uncertainty. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the accounting policies note within the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH LIMITED · parent
- South Shore Mutual Insurance Company Limited 0.866%
- Park Inventions and Devices Manufacturing Company 1%
- Frontierland Limited 1%
- Ocean Boulevard II Limited 0.75%
- Cable Chutes (Blackpool) Limited 1%
- Hotchkiss Patents & Investments Limited 1%
Significant events
- “A number of rides will be closed for the forthcoming season”
- “Looking at how we profile the opening and closing times of both individual rides and the park itself with a view to maximising efficiency”
- “Company continues to invest in its infrastructure”
- “Post year end the company agreed an additional working capital facility with the bank, which is currently being utilised.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COX, James Robert | Director | 2023-09-01 | Nov 1990 | British |
| GILJE, Fiona Carolyn | Director | — | Oct 1963 | British |
| GRAY, Jonathan | Director | 2014-06-09 | Jan 1970 | British |
| HEMMINGS, Craig John | Director | 2016-03-01 | Apr 1962 | British |
| HOLDEN, Mark | Director | 2025-02-04 | Sep 1976 | British |
| HYGATE, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2023-06-01 | Aug 1974 | British |
| MURPHY, Karl Michael | Director | 2023-06-01 | Sep 1980 | British |
| THOMPSON, Amanda Jean | Director | — | Sep 1962 | British |
| THOMPSON, Nicholas William Robert | Director | 2008-09-01 | Feb 1968 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAM, David Edward | Secretary | — | 2013-11-15 |
| BROWN, Michael | Director | 1997-10-23 | 2025-03-26 |
| BRUNTON DOUGLAS, Linda | Director | 2003-02-26 | 2004-11-26 |
| BURGESS, Keith | Director | 1994-08-15 | 1999-01-31 |
| BUTCHER, John Robert | Director | — | 1995-11-06 |
| CAM, David Edward | Director | — | 2013-11-15 |
| COLLINS, John Patrick Chamberlain | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2024-09-02 |
| CORNTHWAITE, Peter John | Director | 1994-02-22 | 2014-06-13 |
| DRYSDALE, Leonard James | Director | 1996-09-02 | 1997-03-26 |
| HODKINSON, Steven Paul | Director | 2024-04-02 | 2025-01-22 |
| KENNEDY, Arthur | Director | — | 2009-04-21 |
| KILGALLON, Nigel Peter | Director | 2022-08-17 | 2024-03-28 |
| KILGALLON, Nigel Peter | Director | 2013-11-18 | 2022-03-31 |
| LEE, Anthony Frederick | Director | — | 1994-04-08 |
| MACCANDLISH, Philip David | Director | 2006-07-10 | 2010-03-12 |
| MAWDSLEY, John Peter | Director | 2003-08-26 | 2006-08-10 |
| OWEN, Robert Alexander | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2022-12-16 |
| POWELL, Derek John | Director | 1993-11-01 | 1994-12-15 |
| ROTHWELL, David John | Director | 2001-08-30 | 2006-11-03 |
| ROWLAND, James Henry Joseph | Director | — | 2006-12-31 |
| STONES, Peter John | Director | — | 2005-01-31 |
| SWINDLEHURST, Philip | Director | — | 1993-05-31 |
| TAYLOR, Ivan | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2005-01-31 |
| THOMPSON, Barbara Joan | Director | — | 2021-07-27 |
| THOMPSON, Lilian Doris | Director | — | 2004-06-23 |
| THOMPSON, Nicholas William Robert | Director | — | 2001-10-31 |
| THOMPSON, William Geoffrey | Director | — | 2004-06-12 |
| WESTGATE, Dudley Charles Salmon | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| WILEY, William Struan Ferguson | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2009-04-21 |
| WILKINSON, Steven Kurt Nairn | Director | 2005-10-04 | 2006-11-01 |
| ZECKMAN, Richard Allen | Director | 1997-05-10 | 2000-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 209 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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 2024-03-24 vs 2023-03-26
-
Turnover
+0.8%
£31,794,861 £32,054,999
-
Cash
+0.3%
£1,002,755 £1,005,518
-
Net assets
-867.8%
-£318,783 -£3,085,189
-
Employees
+12.9%
590 666
-
Operating profit
-295%
£611,549 -£1,192,807
-
Profit before tax
-417.5%
-£521,994 -£2,701,488
-
Wages
+13.4%
£11,338,449 £12,855,768
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