POTTERS RESORTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-12 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-28
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+1,747.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£24M
+14% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
820
+4.6% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£4M
+389.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £45,832,108 | £50,762,011 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,701,969 | £5,974,938 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £858,590 | £4,201,026 | |
| Net profit | £33,112 | £960,800 | £393,723 | £2,921,490 | |
| Cash | — | £1,828 | £137,760 | £2,545,496 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £57,112 | £23,155,412 | £43,059,938 | £26,070,968 | |
| Net assets | £57,112 | £1,017,912 | £20,934,759 | £23,856,249 | |
| Equity | £57,112 | £1,017,912 | £20,934,759 | £23,856,249 | |
| Average employees | 406 | 696 | 784 | 820 | |
| Wages | — | — | £16,897,641 | £18,764,426 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £210,797 | £337,624 |
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
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Turnover
+10.8%
£45,832,108 £50,762,011
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Cash
+1,747.8%
£137,760 £2,545,496
highest in 3 filed years
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Net assets
+14%
£20,934,759 £23,856,249
highest in 4 filed years
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Employees
+4.6%
784 820
highest in 4 filed years
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Operating profit
+121.1%
£2,701,969 £5,974,938
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Profit before tax
+389.3%
£858,590 £4,201,026
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Wages
+11%
£16,897,641 £18,764,426
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 5.9% | 11.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 0.9% | 5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 6.3% | 22.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 67.9% | 64.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.37x | 0.25x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 1.47x | 3.37x |
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
- Hebblethwaites
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 group's or the parent 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.”
Group structure
- POTTERS RESORTS LIMITED · parent
- Potters Leisure Ltd 100%
- A.B. Hotels (Five Lakes) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The group has made significant progress since the enforced closures that impacted the hotel and leisure industry so heavily. This is the third full year of trade since re-opening and no changes to the nature of the business are anticipated in the longer term.”
- “In 2023 the company completed a significant Solar energy generation investment with full year benefits seen in 2024.”
- “The significant increase in the net liability position is due to the group loan facility falling due for repayment within 1 year, approximately £21m. In reality, this loan will be re-financed and potentially extended further, with the intention to increase capacity across the resorts. The group has a strong relationship with their bankers, and negotiations around debt restructuring are in the final stages, with the transaction expected to be signed off shortly after the approval of the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POTTER, John Hector | Director | 2021-10-12 | Apr 1969 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Jane Potter | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2021-10-22 | Active |
| Judith Mary Potter | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2021-10-22 | Active |
| Mr John Hector Potter | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-10-12 | Ceased 2021-10-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 29 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-05-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-05-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-08-30 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2022-07-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-06-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-05-18 | RP04PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-02-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-14 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-14 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.