Paultons Park Limited
Registered name: PAULTONS PARK LIMITED
Part of Heronswood Holdings Limited groupPaultons Park Limited made £38.9m revenue and £5.5m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025. read from filing text
Paultons Park Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £38.9m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £5.5m profit and 758 employees. The company is classified under “botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserves activities” and is based in Hampshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hampshire, South East
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party is Heronswood Holdings Limited. Heronswood Holdings Limited is the smallest and largest group to prepare consolidated financial statements that include Paultons Park Lim”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 27 Nov 2022 | 3 Dec 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.7m | £34.7m | £36.9m | £38.9m |
| Cost of sales | £14.4m | £14.7m | £15.5m | £16.4m |
| Gross profit | £20.3m | £20.1m | £21.5m | £22.5m |
| Operating profit | £7.5m | £6.3m | £6.4m | £7.2m |
| Profit before tax | £7.5m | £6.3m | £6.5m | £7.3m |
| Profit after tax | £6.4m | £4.9m | £4.9m | £5.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.4m | £4.9m | £4.9m | £5.5m |
| Staff costs | £10.5m | £11.2m | £12.2m | £12.9m |
| Employees (average) | 723 | 677 | 736 | 758 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 18.6% | 14% | 13.2% | 14.1% |
| Gross margin | 58.6% | 57.8% | 58.1% | 57.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £48k | £51.3k | £50.2k | £51.3k |
| Profit per employee | £8.9k | £7.2k | £6.6k | £7.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.2% | ▲6.2% | ▲5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼24.4% | ▼0.1% | ▲12.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.4% | ▲8.7% | ▲3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £18.5m | £16.9m | £15.7m | £21.2m |
| Fixed assets | £21.2m | £19.1m | £9.3k | £28.5m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £4.8m | £3.3m | £3.5m |
| Debtors | £155k | £38.2k | £29.1k | £271k |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £51.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 73.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲35%
- Now £21.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲18%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 758
- Deferred income
- ▼9%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲305239%
- Now £28.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Heronswood Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Paultons Park Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £5.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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