Wilderness Reserve Suffolk Limited
Registered name: WILDERNESS RESERVE SUFFOLK LIMITED
Wilderness Reserve Suffolk Limited made £12.8m revenue and a £9.8m loss in the year to 31 May 2025.
Wilderness Reserve Suffolk Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £12.8m in the year to 31 May 2025, with a loss of £9.8m and 177 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Halesworth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halesworth, East of England
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2019
- 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 | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.3m | £10.7m | £11.2m | £12.8m |
| Cost of sales | £2.5m | £3.5m | −£2.7m | −£3.2m |
| Gross profit | £6.8m | £7.2m | £8.5m | £9.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £168k | £4.5m | −£4.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | −£3.9m | −£711k | −£9.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | −£3.9m | −£711k | −£9.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | −£3.9m | −£711k | −£9.8m |
| Employees (average) | 135 | 136 | 129 | 177 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14% | −36.4% | −6.3% | −76.9% |
| Gross margin | 73% | 66.9% | 76.3% | 74.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £68.9k | £78.8k | £86.8k | £72.4k |
| Profit per employee | £9.7k | −£28.6k | −£5.5k | −£55.6k |
| Cash conversion | −265.6% | −1691% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.2% | ▲4.5% | ▲14.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼398.5% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.7% | ▼5.1% | ▲37.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.1m | £3.4m | — | — |
| Net assets | £40m | £36.1m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £89m | £95.4m | — | — |
| Debtors | £327k | £191k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £3.3m | £3.7m | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£3.1m | −£2.8m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −76.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 74.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £72.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£55.6k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲37%
- Now 177
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Taylor Bray LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit −£9.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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