ZWPV LIMITED
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Cash
£296k
-67.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.2m
+140.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
3
-99.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£882k
+41.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs 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 | £27,412,371 | £26,027,390 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £789,166 | £2,631,068 | -£723,975 | -127.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,329,182 | -£1,506,545 | -£882,498 | +41.4% | |
| Net profit | -£3,745,182 | -£3,225,621 | -£579,340 | +82% | |
| Cash | £4,787,866 | £901,802 | £296,140 | -67.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £38,946,158 | £13,660,033 | £29,581,079 | +116.6% | |
| Net assets | -£14,506,863 | -£17,732,484 | £7,232,603 | +140.8% | |
| Equity | -£14,506,863 | -£17,732,484 | £7,232,603 | +140.8% | |
| Average employees | 551 | 577 | 3 | -99.5% | |
| Wages | £7,483,051 | £7,726,407 | £583,301 | -92.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £832,465 | £785,893 | £583,301 | -25.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £89,737 | £45,340 | £51,150 | +12.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £209,001 | £225,222 | £226,000 | +0.3% |
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 | 2.9% | 10.1% | — | |
| Net margin | -13.7% | -12.4% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.0% | 19.3% | -2.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 132.5% | — | 84.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.08x | 0.07x | 0.04x | |
| Interest cover | 0.19x | 0.63x | -2.48x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group is financed through bank and shareholder debt and at an operating level is cash generative... The directors have therefore prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ZWPV LIMITED · parent
- Zip World Group Holdings Limited 100%
- Treetop Trek Limited 100%
- Zip World Limited 100%
- Zip World Fforest Limited 100%
- Zip World RAK Limited 100%
- Bounce Below Limited 100%
- Snowdonia Business Park Limited 50%
Significant events
- “On 20 January 2025, Ivor Investco Limited acquired a majority holding of shares of the group.”
- “In March 2026 the business then further re-financed to allow A class loan notes to be repaid, by introducing a £25m term loan facility shared between two banks, HSBC and Barclays.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRITTON, Matthew Victor | Director | 2022-01-19 | May 1971 | British |
| EVANS, Martin Julian | Director | 2026-07-14 | Dec 1973 | British |
| HUDSON, Andrew Sean | Director | 2020-10-09 | Apr 1981 | British |
| TAYLOR, Sean Wallace | Director | 2018-10-24 | Jan 1965 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENTHAM, Tracey | Director | 2018-12-24 | 2019-10-08 |
| EVANS, Elin Sion | Director | 2020-10-09 | 2021-09-24 |
| HEPWORTH, Kai Ian | Director | 2022-01-19 | 2022-04-01 |
| HUGHES, Dewi Aled | Director | 2018-12-24 | 2025-01-20 |
| JONES, Adrian | Director | 2023-04-01 | 2023-07-21 |
| OWEN DAVIES, Emma Sian | Director | 2018-12-24 | 2019-09-27 |
| PENDLETON, Alistair Lee | Director | 2018-12-24 | 2022-07-04 |
| SCHOFIELD, Robert Anthony | Director | 2022-07-05 | 2025-01-20 |
| STACEY, David James | Director | 2018-12-24 | 2025-01-20 |
| THORLEY, Giles Alexander | Director | 2019-02-21 | 2025-01-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zwpv Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-01-20 | Active |
| Ldc Vii Lp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-12-24 | Ceased 2025-01-20 |
| Mr Sean Wallace Taylor | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2018-10-24 | Ceased 2025-01-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-10-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-28 | ANNOTATION | |||
| 2026-03-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-30 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation | |
| 2025-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-24 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-10-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-20 | ANNOTATION | |||
| 2025-10-20 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-10-20 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-20 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.