Wild Life Group Limited
Registered name: WILD LIFE GROUP LIMITED
Wild Life Group Limited made £23.5m revenue and £3.7m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2024.
Wild Life Group Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £23.5m in the year to 30 Nov 2024, with £3.7m profit and 382 employees. The company is classified under “botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserves activities” and is based in Doncaster; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.5m | £23.5m |
| Cost of sales | £10.5m | £11.4m |
| Gross profit | £11m | £12.1m |
| Operating profit | £3.1m | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £3.7m |
| Staff costs | £7.5m | £8.3m |
| Employees (average) | 381 | 382 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 13.4% | 15.5% |
| Gross margin | 51.1% | 51.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £56.5k | £61.6k |
| Profit per employee | £7.6k | £9.6k |
| Cash conversion | −247.7% | −256.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲26.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £33.2m | £36.8m |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £62.6k | £59.3k |
| Deferred income | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Cash from operations | −£7.7m | −£8.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £61.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −256.6%
- 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
- 11%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £36.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲17%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▲0%
- Now 382
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £2.6m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Cumbria Wildlife Park LtdFigures not disclosed
- Wild Life Clothing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wild Life Resort LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Yorkshire Wildlife Park LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
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 2024 (profit £3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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