Holgates (Caravan Parks) Limited
Registered name: HOLGATES (CARAVAN PARKS) LIMITED
Part of Blue Brick Uk Limited groupHolgates (Caravan Parks) Limited made £16.3m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Holgates (Caravan Parks) Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £16.3m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £2.7m profit and 154 employees. The company is classified under “holiday centres and villages” and is based in NR Carnforth; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- NR Carnforth, North West
- Age
- 70 yrs · since 1956
- 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 company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Brick UK Ltd, a company incorporated in England and Wales and its registered office is Middlebarrow Plain, Silverdale, Carnforth, Lancashire, LA5 0SH.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.8m | £16.1m | £16.3m |
| Cost of sales | £6.6m | £8.1m | — |
| Gross profit | £7.3m | £8m | — |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £3m | £3.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £2.2m | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £2.2m | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 128 | 150 | 154 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 14.4% | 13.8% | 16.6% |
| Gross margin | 52.6% | 49.8% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £108k | £107k | £106k |
| Profit per employee | £15.6k | £14.8k | £17.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.5% | ▲1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲11.2% | ▲21.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.2% | ▲2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £5.9m | £7.9m |
| Net assets | £32.7m | £34.7m | £36.4m |
| Fixed assets | £16.4m | £16.6m | £17.4m |
| Current assets | £24.1m | £27m | £28.7m |
| Debtors | £754k | £733k | £105k |
| Deferred income | £2m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £106k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 106.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £36.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲36%
- Now £7.9m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 154
- Deferred income
- ▲11%
- Now £2.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £17.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Blue Brick Uk Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Holgates (Caravan Parks) 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 28 Feb 2025 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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