ABBEYCROFT LEISURE — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-29 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-08-15

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

-0.9% vs 2024

Net assets

£1M

+10.7% vs 2024

Employees

211

+13.4% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£160K

-46.8% vs 2024

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

ABBEYCROFT LEISURE·Consumer Discretionary median · n=2305

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	£12,986,128	£13,494,318
Operating profit	—	—
Profit before tax	£301,536	£160,419
Net profit	£301,536	£160,419
Cash	£1,968,119	£1,951,322
Total assets less current liabilities	£1,744,347	£1,877,766
Net assets	£1,244,347	£1,377,766
Equity	£1,244,347	£1,377,766
Average employees	186	211
Wages	£5,374,536	£5,700,942

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	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Net margin	2.3%	1.2%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	66.8%	64.8%
Current ratio	1.45x	1.39x

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: Price Bailey LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Abbeycroft is therefore meeting going concern requirements. Considering, the current reserves position, together with the impacts of above, existing financial performance, forecasts for the future, cash flow forecasts, the main risks facing the organisation and ongoing financial support for 2025/26 from West Suffolk Council and Babergh District Council, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that, albeit there are uncertainties. caused by rising costs, Abbeycroft will continue as a going concern.”

Group structure

ABBEYCROFT LEISURE · parent
1. Abbeycroft Enterprises Limited 100% · United Kingdom · catering services

Significant events

“pool at Kingfisher Leisure Centre being closed from August 2024 through to February 2025.”
“solar panels at Kingfisher Leisure Centre were temporarily removed due to site works.”
“additional solar panels added in Newmarket Leisure Centre.”

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

People

9 active · 29 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
POPE, Lynda Joanne	Secretary	2014-05-27	—	—
BURTON, Simon	Director	2016-04-01	Aug 1983	British
HOWARD, Sarah	Director	2009-10-01	Jul 1967	British
MASON, Rosemary	Director	2021-11-25	Aug 1956	British
MILLS, Marie Catherine	Director	2018-07-14	Sep 1956	British
MUTUM, Timothy Brian	Director	2018-07-14	May 1955	British
TURNBULL, John	Director	2018-07-14	Jan 1952	British
VAUGHTON, Kate Maris	Director	2022-01-27	Sep 1977	British
WRIGHT, William Anthony	Director	2024-04-25	Jun 1980	British

Show 29 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ARMSTRONG, Eric	Secretary	2005-02-16	2006-09-26
CRAIG, Gillian Elizabeth	Secretary	2013-08-27	2014-05-27
PAUL, Sarah Jane	Secretary	2004-08-16	2005-02-23
THOMAS, Iona	Secretary	2006-09-26	2009-01-30
VERBRUGGE, Mark John	Secretary	2009-02-02	2013-08-09
AUSTIN, Selina Jane	Director	2009-11-24	2017-03-29
BUNCH, Tina	Director	2004-08-23	2008-10-07
CLEMENTS, Terence Gerald	Director	2007-07-18	2020-09-28
GREENFIELD, Anne Margaret	Director	2014-12-09	2021-05-28
HOGG, Sally Victoria	Director	2010-01-12	2011-07-05
HOLDEN, David Christopher	Director	2004-08-16	2004-08-23
HOWELLS, David John	Director	2004-08-23	2025-01-23
JONES, Brian Richard	Director	2004-08-23	2015-06-24
JONKER, Jan Willem	Director	2004-08-16	2004-08-23
LAY, Howard	Director	2004-08-23	2010-10-19
NICHOLLS, Jeanette	Director	2004-08-23	2005-01-12
PAUL, Sarah Jane	Director	2004-08-16	2004-08-23
PHIPPS, Jacqueline Frances	Director	2004-08-23	2010-10-19
PREECE, Anthony John	Director	2014-12-09	2018-12-18
RAYNER, Michael Peter	Director	2008-10-07	2012-10-16
RUNNACLES, Ian Charles	Director	2004-08-23	2018-09-27
RUSHBROOK, Geoffrey Allen, Councillor	Director	2004-08-23	2006-03-03
SAUNDERS, Eloise Francis Diane	Director	2014-12-09	2020-03-17
STEVENS, Jeffery, Councillor	Director	2006-04-04	2007-05-03
WACE, Rupert Orlando, Dr	Director	2014-12-09	2016-10-21
WALES, Robert, Sir	Director	2020-03-23	2025-04-24
WILSON, Diane Helen	Director	2005-11-29	2007-10-09
WREATHALL, Lois Caroline	Director	2016-04-01	2021-02-01
WRIGHT, David John	Director	2020-03-23	2023-01-23

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Warren James Smyth	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2021-04-08
Mr David John Howells	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2021-04-08
Mrs Sarah Howard	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2021-04-08

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 132 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-08-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-04-24	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-01-29	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-12-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-08-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-04-30	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-12-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-08-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-04-12	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-02-02	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-08-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-03-11	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-12-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2021-12-01	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-08-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-06-09	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-04-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2021-04-12	PSC08	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control statement	PDF
2021-04-08	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

Turnover

+3.9%

£12,986,128 £13,494,318
Cash

-0.9%

£1,968,119 £1,951,322
Net assets

+10.7%

£1,244,347 £1,377,766
Employees

+13.4%

186 211
Profit before tax

-46.8%

£301,536 £160,419
Wages

+6.1%

£5,374,536 £5,700,942

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

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