HERITAGE GREAT BRITAIN PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-19 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+11.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+4.8% vs 2024
Employees
379
+8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+36.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,597,247 | £20,422,139 | |
| Operating profit | £1,378,108 | £1,781,293 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,402,088 | £1,912,697 | |
| Net profit | £1,047,438 | £1,367,547 | |
| Cash | £3,979,656 | £4,426,275 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,714,758 | £14,814,096 | |
| Net assets | £11,745,491 | £12,309,038 | |
| Equity | £11,745,491 | £12,309,038 | |
| Average employees | 351 | 379 | |
| Wages | £6,398,948 | £7,304,594 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 8.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 6.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.4% | 12.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.93x | 2.91x | |
| Interest cover | 8.09x | 16.41x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Haines Watts
- 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. 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 group's or the parent 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
- HERITAGE GREAT BRITAIN PLC · parent
- Heritage Attractions Limited 100%
- Snowdon Mountain Railway Limited 100%
- The Land's End and John O'Groats Company Limited 100%
- LEJOG Limited 100%
- Snowdon Mountain Tramroad and Hotels Company Limited 100%
- End to End Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The 2024 operating season saw an increase in turnover... The reason for this was the reopening of the Summit building at Snowdon Mountain Railway and a general increase in customer spend per head at sites.”
- “For the 2025 season, the key attraction of the Needles chairlift has continued to receive significant expenditure to refurbish this key asset and is supported by a comprehensive upgrade to the site entrance and signage.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, Gary | Secretary | 2012-05-07 | — | — |
| JOHNSON-TREHERNE, Peter | Secretary | 2010-08-28 | — | British |
| JOHNSON-TREHERNE, Peter Miles | Director | 2002-12-09 | Nov 1970 | British |
| LEECH, Allan James Stuart | Director | 2002-08-22 | Oct 1972 | British |
| SIM, Stuart William | Director | 2021-08-01 | Nov 1951 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUSHION, Peter | Secretary | 2002-12-11 | 2010-08-27 |
| FENN, Nicholas Patrick | Secretary | 1997-08-01 | 1999-02-15 |
| LANE, Kenneth William West | Secretary | 1996-04-09 | 1997-07-31 |
| MEARA, Peter Bernard | Secretary | 1993-04-05 | 1994-08-31 |
| PANNUTI, Fabio | Secretary | 1994-08-31 | 1994-10-31 |
| SALEH, Richard Ian | Secretary | 1999-02-15 | 2000-01-31 |
| SMITH, David | Secretary | 1994-10-31 | 1996-04-09 |
| TREHERNE, Peter | Secretary | 2000-01-31 | 2002-12-11 |
| WYLLIE, Victoria Claire | Secretary | 2010-09-16 | 2012-05-07 |
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-04-05 | 1993-04-05 |
| BRADSHAW, Robert Pryce | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2003-02-03 |
| HENRY, Simon Charles, The Mh Marquess Of Reading | Director | 1993-04-05 | 1994-10-31 |
| LANE, Kenneth William West | Director | 1994-10-31 | 1997-04-05 |
| LAST, Stephen John | Director | 1996-08-27 | 1999-02-15 |
| LEECH, Kevin Ronald | Director | 1994-10-31 | 2002-08-22 |
| MASON, Philip | Director | 1996-08-27 | 1999-02-15 |
| MEARA, Peter Bernard | Director | 1993-04-05 | 1994-08-31 |
| PANNUTI, Fabio | Director | 1994-08-31 | 1994-10-31 |
| SIM, Stuart William | Director | 1994-10-31 | 2006-03-01 |
| WESTGATE, Dudley Charles Salmon | Director | 2007-04-10 | 2012-02-10 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-04-05 | 1993-04-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David William Alexander Frier | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2021-10-27 | Active |
| Mr Peter Miles Johnson-Treherne | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-27 |
| Mr Allan James Leech | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-24 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-10-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
+9.8%
£18,597,247 £20,422,139
-
Cash
+11.2%
£3,979,656 £4,426,275
-
Net assets
+4.8%
£11,745,491 £12,309,038
-
Employees
+8%
351 379
-
Operating profit
+29.3%
£1,378,108 £1,781,293
-
Profit before tax
+36.4%
£1,402,088 £1,912,697
-
Wages
+14.2%
£6,398,948 £7,304,594
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