Drusillas Zoo Park Limited
Registered name: DRUSILLAS ZOO PARK LIMITED
Drusillas Zoo Park Limited made £874k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Drusillas Zoo Park Limited reported £874k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, up 84% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 141 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in Alfriston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Alfriston, South East
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.1m | £6m | £6.4m | — |
| Cost of sales | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m | — |
| Gross profit | £5m | £4.9m | £5.3m | — |
| Operating profit | £728k | £596k | £860k | — |
| Profit before tax | £680k | £548k | £824k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £479k | £411k | £475k | £874k |
| Profit (best available) | £479k | £411k | £475k | £874k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 143 | 145 | 143 | 141 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.9% | 6.8% | 7.4% | — |
| Gross margin | 82.6% | 82.2% | 82.8% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £42.4k | £41.5k | £44.7k | — |
| Profit per employee | £3.3k | £2.8k | £3.3k | £6.2k |
| Cash conversion | −135.3% | −156.7% | −173.8% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.7% | ▲6.2% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼14.2% | ▲15.7% | ▲83.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.4% | ▼1.4% | ▼1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £526k | £574k | £809k |
| Net assets | £7.5m | £7.5m | £7.6m | £7.9m |
| Fixed assets | £9.1m | £9.4m | £9.6m | £9.9m |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £827k | £939k | £1.2m |
| Debtors | £22.8k | £36k | £24.1k | £24.4k |
| Deferred income | £674k | £679k | £784k | £870k |
| Cash from operations | −£984k | −£933k | −£1.5m | −£1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £7.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲41%
- Now £809k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 141
- Deferred income
- ▲11%
- Now £870k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £9.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Go Wild (Drusillas) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £874k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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