PAULTONS PARK LIMITED

1. PAULTONS PARK LIMITED 1986-07-07 → present
2. ALLEYTRENCH LIMITED 1986-06-19 → 1986-07-07

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

Fiander Tovell Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“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.”

Significant events

• “The 2023/24 season commenced with the Park opening for its "Celebration of Christmas" event as planned on Saturday 2nd December 2023 running to the same format as prior years.”
• “two new attractions opened to guests during the 2023/24 season, namely a new Ring-Tailed Lemurs exhibit and a new Junior Log Flume, Splash Lagoon, both of which were very well received by guests.”
• “the Park opened a new, heavily re-furbished restaurant named Grande Central which has enabled us to serve an ever-expanding selection of quality food options.”
• “A project has commenced that will see this increasing from circa. 7% of the Park's total usage to approximately 35%. The new Solar installations will come on-line in February/March 2025.”
• “This will see the opening of Ghostly Manor in May 2025, an immersive Dark Ride adventure and the first of its kind in the UK.”

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

Filings

2

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

  +6.2%

  £34,748,888 → £36,916,884

• Cash

  +10.4%

  £1,060,098 → £1,170,733

• Net assets

  -6.7%

  £16,873,812 → £15,736,424

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Employees

  +8.7%

  677 → 736

  highest in 4 filed years

• Operating profit

  +1.5%

  £6,307,525 → £6,404,490

• Profit before tax

  +2.4%

  £6,330,144 → £6,484,370

• Wages

  +8.2%

  £10,119,936 → £10,949,430

  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