THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE CENTRE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-28 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-14
Watchouts
Cash
£200K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
highest in 5 filed years
Employees
51
highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£59K
Period ending 2025-07-31
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
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2023-11-01 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £2,350,949 | £1,474,834 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £771,484 | £58,625 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £766,971 | £58,625 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £720,880 | £69,329 | |
| Cash | £77,331 | £239,596 | £82,000 | — | £100,694 | £199,662 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,170,808 | £1,194,070 | £883,000 | — | £1,571,980 | £1,899,551 | |
| Net assets | £256,113 | £319,159 | £851,000 | — | £1,571,980 | £1,641,309 | |
| Equity | — | — | £851,000 | £851,100 | £1,571,980 | £1,641,309 | |
| Average employees | 4 | 10 | 38 | — | 38 | 51 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £893,084 | £491,448 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-12-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2023-11-01 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 32.8% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 30.7% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 49.1% | 3.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 43.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.68x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 170.95x | — |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- 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 of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “In January 2025, the Company was acquired by Bright Ventures Education Group Limited.”
- “Following the acquisition the accounting period was changed to a July year end to align with the rest of the Group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICKE, Jonathan William | Director | 2025-01-17 | Jul 1987 | British |
| PARRY, Robin William | Director | 2025-01-17 | Jul 1968 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMPION, Thomas Michael | Director | 2024-03-07 | 2025-01-17 |
| HALES, Nicholas Joe | Director | 2022-04-11 | 2024-03-07 |
| JOHNS, Russell | Director | 2011-01-12 | 2022-04-11 |
| WILLIAMSON, Alexander Patrick | Director | 2022-04-11 | 2025-01-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huron Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-01-17 | Active |
| Kingswood Learning And Leisure Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-04-11 | Ceased 2025-01-17 |
| Mr Russell Johns | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2017-01-11 | Ceased 2022-04-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-20 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-05-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-08-06 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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.