SYKES COTTAGES LTD
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Cash
£29m
-40.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£147m
+25.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
459
-22.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£28m
+4.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £136,563,000 | £136,107,000 | £144,740,000 | +6.3% | |
| Operating profit | £26,517,000 | £25,704,000 | £27,885,000 | +8.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £26,969,000 | £26,944,000 | £28,141,000 | +4.4% | |
| Net profit | £28,668,000 | £28,355,000 | £29,823,000 | +5.2% | |
| Cash | £61,693,000 | £49,133,000 | £29,279,000 | -40.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £102,061,000 | £128,237,000 | £155,683,000 | +21.4% | |
| Net assets | £88,524,000 | £116,879,000 | £146,702,000 | +25.5% | |
| Equity | £88,524,000 | £116,879,000 | £146,702,000 | +25.5% | |
| Average employees | 981 | 594 | 459 | -22.7% | |
| Wages | £30,965,000 | £20,518,000 | £15,064,000 | -26.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £456,000 | £459,000 | £587,000 | +27.9% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.4% | 18.9% | 19.3% | |
| Net margin | 21.0% | 20.8% | 20.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.0% | 20.0% | 17.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.0% | 40.3% | 39.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.72x | 1.09x | 1.55x | |
| Interest cover | 13.31x | 15.16x | 18.49x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period from when the financial statements are authorised for issue to 31 March 2027.”
Group structure
- SYKES COTTAGES LTD · parent
- Potter TopCo Limited 100%
- Printcater Limited 100%
- Coast & Country Holidays Limited 100%
- NZ Bachcare HoldCo Limited 100%
- Coast & Country Cottages (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Cornwall Holiday Cottages Limited 100%
- Manor Cottages UK Company Limited 100%
- Manor Cottages Laundry Services Limited 100%
- Manor Cottages Property Services Limited 100%
- Manor Cottages Property Services (South) Limited 100%
- Hideaway Holiday Cottages Limited 100%
- La Manga Direct Limited 100%
- DCL NewCo Limited 100%
- Menai Holiday Cottages Limited 100%
- Best of Suffolk Ltd 100%
- Abersoch Quality Homes Limited 100%
- Northumbria Coast and Country Cottages Limited 100%
- Large Holiday Houses Limited 100%
- Lyme Bay Holidays Limited 100%
- Maid In the Cotswolds Limited 100%
- Fisherbeck Management Limited 100%
- Traditional Lakeland Cottages Limited 100%
- Character Cottages Holidays Limited 100%
- Rock Estates (Cornwall) Limited 100%
- Heart of the Lakes Limited 100%
- Lake District Lodge Holidays Limited 100%
- The Holiday Home Company Limited 100%
- Coast & Country Cottages (South West) Limited 100%
- Dream Cottages Limited 100%
- Bachcare Limited 100%
Significant events
- “UK agency business consolidation: On 24th September 2025 UKCaravans4Hire.Com Limited transferred the trade and assets of the company to Sykes Cottages Ltd.”
- “The formal restructuring consultation process, which began in late September 2025, advanced through several phases during the first quarter of Financial Year 2026 and was ultimately completed by December 2025.”
- “The historical presentation of consumer marketing costs was restated in the comparative period to reclassify costs between Cost of Sales and Administrative Expenses.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR, Simon James | Secretary | 2010-12-08 | — | — |
| DONOGHUE, Graham | Director | 2017-12-15 | Sep 1973 | British |
| OWEN, Charlotte Mary Scott | Director | 2025-03-21 | Sep 1987 | British |
| SHAW, James Martin | Director | 2024-10-17 | Nov 1979 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEASDALE, Lynne Joyce | Secretary | 2002-07-08 | 2010-12-08 |
| FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-06-25 | 2002-06-28 |
| GRAHAM, Mr Michael Steven | Director | 2016-04-27 | 2024-05-14 |
| HILL, Miles Geoffrey | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2017-02-01 |
| SYKES, Clive Peter | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2019-10-28 |
| TEASDALE, Lynne Joyce | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2016-01-01 |
| FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-06-25 | 2002-06-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go-Sykes Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 99 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company | |
| 2023-10-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-07-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-07-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.