DRUSILLAS ZOO PARK LIMITED
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Cash
£809k
+41% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.9m
+4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
141
-1.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.2m
+42% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,019,500 | £6,390,000 | £7,105,000 | +11.2% | |
| Operating profit | £595,758 | £859,558 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £548,126 | £824,018 | £1,170,038 | +42% | |
| Net profit | £410,879 | £475,380 | £874,326 | +83.9% | |
| Cash | £526,046 | £574,011 | £809,314 | +41% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,691,208 | £8,899,680 | £9,258,442 | +4% | |
| Net assets | £7,484,403 | £7,552,992 | £7,853,901 | +4% | |
| Equity | £7,484,403 | £7,552,992 | £7,853,901 | +4% | |
| Average employees | 145 | 143 | 141 | -1.4% | |
| Wages | £2,247,502 | £2,412,066 | £2,503,746 | +3.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £206,167 | £99,706 | £14,422 | -85.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £20,000 | £10,000 | £10,000 | 0% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.9% | 13.5% | — | |
| Net margin | 6.8% | 7.4% | 12.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.9% | 9.7% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.1% | 28.5% | 29.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.53x | 0.56x | 0.65x | |
| Interest cover | 10.71x | 17.16x | — |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DRUSILLAS ZOO PARK LIMITED 1997-05-20 → present
- DAYS OF DISCOVERY LIMITED 1996-10-09 → 1997-05-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections... the directors have reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis”
Significant events
- “On 6 March 2026 the company acquired 100% of the share holding in Go Wild (Drusillas) Limited a newly incorporated company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Laurence Edwin | Secretary | 1996-10-09 | — | British |
| SMITH, Oliver Laurence | Secretary | 2013-12-17 | — | — |
| POLAND, Cassandra Jane | Director | 2017-05-01 | May 1983 | British |
| SMITH, Christine | Director | 1996-10-09 | Sep 1952 | British |
| SMITH, Laurence Edwin | Director | 1996-10-09 | Nov 1952 | British |
| SMITH, Oliver Laurence | Director | 2017-05-01 | Nov 1990 | British |
| STEER, Caroline Victoria | Director | 2017-05-01 | May 1985 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-10-09 | 1996-10-09 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-10-09 | 1996-10-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Oliver Laurence Smith | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-12-03 | Active |
| Mrs Caroline Victoria Steer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-12-03 | Active |
| Mrs Cassandra Jane Poland | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-12-03 | Active |
| Mr Laurence Edwin Smith | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-12-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-19 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-24 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-12-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-16 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.