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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

1 item

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

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2020-03-312021-03-312022-03-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
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 2226076
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

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 2020-03-312021-03-312022-03-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
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 0.20x0.13x
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

  1. ZEST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2018-01-03 → present
  2. 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

  1. ZEST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED · parent
    1. Whitekirk Hill Limited 100% · Scotland · Leisure and holiday resort

Significant events

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 PDF
2025-07-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-09-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2024-08-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-01-25 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-01-25 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2023-09-29 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-09-27 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-08-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2023-07-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-12-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2022-11-24 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company current shortened PDF
2022-08-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-02-07 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2021-12-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2021-08-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-12-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2020-08-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-08-06 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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