ZEST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-10 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-27
Watchouts
Cash
£412K
-5.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-18.4% vs 2023
Employees
76
+26.7% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£985K
-54.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As described in the note 24 to the financial statements, the group is in the process of refinancing its existing debt facilities which expired on 27 September 2025. Discussions with the existing lender and alternative funding providers are ongoing but no formal financing agreement has been concluded. The group's ongoing cashflow and its ability to meet liabilities as they fall due is dependent on this financing. The lack of a formal financing agreement represents a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £2,081,283 | £2,395,619 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£247,624 | -£382,109 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£636,618 | -£985,197 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£636,618 | -£985,197 | |
| Cash | £9,823 | £15,361 | £88,635 | — | £434,477 | £411,746 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £119,244 | £118,706 | £118,133 | — | £5,472,115 | £4,461,677 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £5,371,123 | £4,384,525 | |
| Equity | £119,244 | £118,706 | £118,133 | £117,147 | £5,371,123 | £4,384,525 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 60 | 76 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £887,992 | £1,162,678 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £13,156 | £0 |
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
+15.1%
£2,081,283 £2,395,619
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Cash
-5.2%
£434,477 £411,746
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Net assets
-18.4%
£5,371,123 £4,384,525
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Employees
+26.7%
60 76
highest in 5 filed years
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Operating profit
-54.3%
-£247,624 -£382,109
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Profit before tax
-54.8%
-£636,618 -£985,197
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Wages
+30.9%
£887,992 £1,162,678
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -11.9% | -16.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -30.6% | -41.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -4.5% | -8.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 44.7% | 62.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.20x | 0.13x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -0.63x | -0.63x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ZEST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2018-01-03 → present
- FORTH STREET ESTATES LIMITED 2017-07-28 → 2018-01-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Whitelaw Wells
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As described in the note 24 to the financial statements, the group is in the process of refinancing its existing debt facilities which expired on 27 September 2025. Discussions with the existing lender and alternative funding providers are ongoing but no formal financing agreement has been concluded. The group's ongoing cashflow and its ability to meet liabilities as they fall due is dependent on this financing. The lack of a formal financing agreement represents a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- ZEST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED · parent
- Whitekirk Hill Limited 100%
Significant events
- “company continues to invest in its leisure and holiday resort, aiming to enhance customer experiences and drive future growth.”
- “refinancing its existing debt facilities which expired on 27 September 2025. Discussions with the existing lender and alternative funding providers are ongoing but no formal financing agreement has been concluded.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILKIE, Andrew | Director | 2024-09-20 | Dec 1984 | British |
| WILKIE, Catriona Bell | Director | 2018-05-31 | Oct 1957 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURDOCH, Keith David | Secretary | 2017-07-28 | 2020-07-26 |
| MURDOCH, Keith David | Director | 2017-07-28 | 2018-05-31 |
| WILKIE, James Mills | Director | 2017-07-28 | 2024-01-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Mills Wilkie | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2018-05-31 | Ceased 2024-01-08 |
| Mrs Catriona Bell Wilkie | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2018-05-31 | Active |
| Mnh Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2017-07-28 | Ceased 2017-12-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 36 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-11-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2022-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
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.