WILLOWBROOK INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-14 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+144.9% vs 2023
Net assets
-£9M
-7.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
54
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£582K
+66.2% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £19,353,360 | £19,840,753 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,011,582 | £317,718 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£1,719,765 | -£581,612 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£1,882,648 | -£645,108 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £691,424 | £1,693,516 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | -£8,742,571 | -£9,405,221 | |
| Net assets | — | -£1,068,029 | — | -£8,788,331 | -£9,433,439 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | -£8,788,331 | -£9,433,439 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | 2 | 54 | 54 | |
| Wages | — | £0 | £0 | £3,108,752 | £3,280,010 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £510,126 | £472,291 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+2.5%
£19,353,360 £19,840,753
-
Cash
+144.9%
£691,424 £1,693,516
-
Net assets
-7.3%
-£8,788,331 -£9,433,439
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
0%
54 54
-
Operating profit
-68.6%
£1,011,582 £317,718
-
Profit before tax
+66.2%
-£1,719,765 -£581,612
-
Wages
+5.5%
£3,108,752 £3,280,010
highest in 4 filed years
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 5.2% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -9.7% | -3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -11.6% | -3.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.45x | 0.40x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 1.44x | 0.50x |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Reflecting on the above the board, with the support of all of our key stakeholders, believe the group to be a going concern for at least twelve months from the date of this report. Therefore, these financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that would result if the company were unable to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- WILLOWBROOK INVESTMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Pearl & Dean Cinemas Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The debt facility was refinanced in full in September 2024 via Beachpoint Capital.”
- “During the year the group wrote off historic loan balances held with other group companies at Step Investments level. The group performed an exercise to review which intercompany balances were no longer deemed recoverable or would not be recalled.”
- “The group also incurred £626,577 (2023: £nil) of recharged legal and professional fees from the group's parent company relating to a refinancing event which took place during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORMOND, Neil | Director | 2018-04-02 | Aug 1938 | Irish |
| WORRELL, Gavin Jon Francis | Director | 2020-11-19 | Apr 1971 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRINGTON, Francis | Secretary | 2014-12-03 | 2017-04-28 |
| FEELEY, John | Director | 2017-04-20 | 2018-11-30 |
| HANRAHAN, Dermot | Director | 2014-12-03 | 2017-04-28 |
| HARRINGTON, Francis Joseph | Director | 2014-12-03 | 2017-04-28 |
| ORMONDE, Jacqui | Director | 2014-12-03 | 2017-04-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deanforbes Investments Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-06-05 | Active |
| Step Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-07 | Ceased 2019-09-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-15 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-28 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-02-28 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-07 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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.