BRISTOL, CLIFTON AND WEST OF ENGLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-10 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-27
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-47.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£44M
-4.9% vs 2023
Employees
141
-4.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
+9.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
In the absence of a formal offer to extend the existing credit facility, the group is dependent upon the completion of the sale of Bristol Zoo Gardens in order to repay the revolving credit facility. The Trustees recognise that this, alongside the unknown completion date of the sale of the Bristol Zoo Gardens site, constitutes a material uncertainty.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BRISTOL, CLIFTON AND WEST OF ENGLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY LIMITED 2005-05-26 → present
- THE BRISTOL, CLIFTON AND WEST OF ENGLAND ZOOLOGICALSOCIETY LIMITED 2004-06-15 → 2005-05-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,405,000 | £6,490,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,577,000 | -£2,304,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,510,000 | -£2,264,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,931,000 | -£2,070,000 | |
| Cash | £2,520,000 | £1,332,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £45,631,000 | £43,561,000 | |
| Net assets | £46,001,000 | £43,736,000 | |
| Equity | £46,001,000 | £43,736,000 | |
| Average employees | 147 | 141 | |
| Wages | £4,210,000 | £4,457,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -47.7% | -35.5% | |
| Net margin | 128.2% | -31.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.6% | -5.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.6% | 10.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.92x | 0.33x |
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
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“In the absence of a formal offer to extend the existing credit facility, the group is dependent upon the completion of the sale of Bristol Zoo Gardens in order to repay the revolving credit facility. The Trustees recognise that this, alongside the unknown completion date of the sale of the Bristol Zoo Gardens site, constitutes a material uncertainty.”
Group structure
- BRISTOL, CLIFTON AND WEST OF ENGLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY LIMITED · parent
- Bristol Zoo Enterprises Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In January 2025 we exchanged contracts for the sale of the site with Acorn Property Group with the sale planned to complete in early 2026.”
- “As stated on page 5 of the Report of the Trustees, a Judicial Review hearing was held in May in relation to the development of the old Bristol Zoo Gardens site. We are expecting to be advised of the outcome of the hearing imminently.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Kelly | Secretary | 2024-07-22 | — | — |
| ASH, Victoria Charlotte | Director | 2017-05-11 | Aug 1965 | British |
| BALMFORTH, Zoe Ellen, Dr | Director | 2025-10-22 | Oct 1976 | British |
| BOOY, Christopher Arthur | Director | 2016-09-26 | Nov 1952 | British |
| CORBISHLEY, Rosa Stephanie Viola | Director | 2024-10-23 | Jun 1976 | British |
| ESAM, David Richard | Director | 2013-04-08 | Jan 1952 | British |
| FULLER, Sarah Jane | Director | 2019-10-01 | Apr 1973 | British |
| GOLDING, Peaches | Director | 2019-06-20 | Dec 1953 | British |
| MARTYN-JOHNS, Andrew | Director | 2020-11-27 | Oct 1955 | British |
| PRICE, Joanna Susan, Dr | Director | 2024-10-23 | Sep 1959 | British |
| SQUIRES, Judith Ann, Professor | Director | 2022-07-19 | Apr 1963 | British |
| WEST, Steven George, Professor Sir | Director | 2022-06-23 | Mar 1961 | British |
| WOOLLETT, Emma | Director | 2022-07-20 | Sep 1966 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARROLL, John Bryan, Dr | Secretary | 2017-12-11 | 2018-07-23 |
| HIGGINS, Nicholas Ernest | Secretary | 2004-06-15 | 2016-11-21 |
| MATHER, Angela | Secretary | 2018-07-23 | 2023-07-17 |
| MORRIS, Justin, Dr | Secretary | 2023-07-17 | 2024-07-22 |
| PRICE, Kathryn | Secretary | 2016-11-21 | 2017-12-11 |
| ARROWSMITH-BROWN, Victoria Elizabeth | Director | 2004-06-15 | 2013-12-31 |
| BAIRD, Roger Neale | Director | 2004-06-15 | 2005-04-21 |
| BERINGER, John Evelyn, Sir | Director | 2004-06-15 | 2005-09-19 |
| BOTHAMLEY, Henry Louis Michael | Director | 2005-04-25 | 2013-04-08 |
| BROAD, Malcolm Arthur | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2020-11-27 |
| CLARKE, Richard Ian | Director | 2004-06-15 | 2017-05-11 |
| COSH, Benjamin Malcolm Quentin | Director | 2016-05-05 | 2018-01-31 |
| CUTHBERT, Robert Edward, Professor | Director | 2004-06-15 | 2012-09-24 |
| CUTHILL, Innes Cameron, Professor | Director | 2005-09-19 | 2017-05-11 |
| DAVIES-JONES, Martin Owen | Director | 2004-06-15 | 2011-05-12 |
| DORAN, Olena, Professor | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2022-06-23 |
| GASKELL, Richard Kennedy Harvey, Sir | Director | 2004-07-27 | 2005-04-21 |
| GOODSHIP, Allen Edward, Professor | Director | 2004-06-15 | 2016-09-26 |
| HOWELLS, John Stuart | Director | 2004-06-15 | 2009-05-07 |
| KEARNEY, Paul Kevin Michael | Director | 2008-05-08 | 2019-06-20 |
| LADKIN, Claire Louise | Director | 2012-03-26 | 2022-06-23 |
| LANGTON, Helen Eileen, Professor | Director | 2012-09-24 | 2014-02-03 |
| LAWS, Mathew Thurlow | Director | 2012-03-26 | 2018-07-23 |
| LEA, Michael David | Director | 2019-06-20 | 2021-11-12 |
| MCARTHUR, James John Dennis | Director | 2004-06-15 | 2016-09-26 |
| MCMILLAN, Sally Agnes | Director | 2004-06-15 | 2008-05-08 |
| MOAR, Charlotte Mary Celia | Director | 2005-04-25 | 2023-05-22 |
| NEILL, Steven John, Professor | Director | 2014-02-03 | 2019-05-28 |
| PANCOST, Richard David, Professor | Director | 2017-05-11 | 2022-07-18 |
| PANKHURST, Sheila, Professor | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2022-12-12 |
| POPLE, Christopher John | Director | 2009-05-07 | 2012-01-01 |
| PRICE, Joanna Susan, Professor | Director | 2016-09-26 | 2019-09-30 |
| SMART, Penelope Jane, Dr | Director | 2022-10-01 | 2025-07-31 |
| SMITH, Frank Charles Theodore, Professor | Director | 2004-08-23 | 2016-05-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-01-24 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-05-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+20.1%
£5,405,000 £6,490,000
-
Cash
-47.1%
£2,520,000 £1,332,000
-
Net assets
-4.9%
£46,001,000 £43,736,000
-
Employees
-4.1%
147 141
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Operating profit
+10.6%
-£2,577,000 -£2,304,000
-
Profit before tax
+9.8%
-£2,510,000 -£2,264,000
-
Wages
+5.9%
£4,210,000 £4,457,000
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