PLAYDALE PLAYGROUNDS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
+109.4% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£4.9m
+8.2% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
102
-3.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£497k
-29.1% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,821,789 | £10,067,457 | £13,855,056 | £13,749,149 | £14,035,267 | £13,409,696 | -4.5% | |
| Operating profit | £276,432 | £801,078 | £1,524,153 | — | £700,470 | £496,853 | -29.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £257,078 | £767,900 | £1,476,561 | £1,401,103 | £700,470 | £496,853 | -29.1% | |
| Net profit | £241,540 | £647,376 | £1,450,485 | £1,069,331 | £536,666 | £372,048 | -30.7% | |
| Cash | £864,565 | £482,622 | £970,059 | £1,454,900 | £786,886 | £1,647,949 | +109.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,655,153 | £2,674,488 | £3,041,199 | £4,144,094 | £4,712,263 | £5,054,295 | +7.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,249,920 | £1,534,531 | £2,942,799 | £4,012,130 | £4,548,796 | £4,920,844 | +8.2% | |
| Equity | £1,249,920 | £1,534,531 | £2,942,799 | £4,012,130 | £4,548,796 | £4,920,844 | +8.2% | |
| Average employees | 87 | 85 | 95 | 101 | 106 | 102 | -3.8% | |
| Wages | £2,440,467 | £2,436,276 | £2,928,245 | £3,148,234 | £3,638,461 | £3,774,881 | +3.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £187,432 | £212,005 | £286,261 | £146,798 | £178,008 | £216,482 | +21.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £22,500 | £25,489 | £60,000 | +135.4% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | — | — | £216,422 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.5% | 8.0% | 11.0% | — | 5.0% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 6.4% | 10.5% | 7.8% | 3.8% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.4% | 30.0% | 50.1% | — | 14.9% | 9.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.9% | 70.8% | 56.6% | 38.7% | 30.8% | 40.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.47x | 3.14x | 2.38x | |
| Interest cover | 14.28x | 24.14x | 32.03x | — | — | — |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PLAYDALE PLAYGROUNDS LIMITED 2000-04-13 → present
- G C CROASDALE LIMITED 1998-10-15 → 2000-04-13
- GEO.C.CROASDALE (HAVERTHWAITE) LIMITED 1953-11-11 → 1998-10-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors consider this to be an appropriate basis and believe that the company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully in the current economic climate.”
Significant events
- “After the reporting date and before the financial statements were approved, the owners of the Group's ultimate parent company signed a definitive agreement to sell 100% of the Group to a third party private equity buyer.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOORHOUSE, Andrea Wendy | Secretary | 2025-03-14 | — | — |
| BITTNER, Ryan | Director | 2022-10-01 | Jan 1971 | American |
| BROWN, Chris | Director | 2022-10-01 | Jul 1984 | American |
| JOHNSON, Brian, Mr. | Director | 2022-10-01 | Apr 1970 | American |
| LEAHEY, Barry | Director | 2016-01-01 | Sep 1974 | British |
| PHELAN, Michael, Mr. | Director | 2022-10-01 | Aug 1972 | American |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROASDALE, Gillian Anne | Secretary | 1998-01-06 | 2022-10-01 |
| CROASDALE, John Oswald | Secretary | — | 1998-01-06 |
| CROASDALE, Gillian Anne | Director | — | 2022-10-01 |
| CROASDALE, John Anthony | Director | — | 2022-10-01 |
| CROASDALE, John Oswald | Director | — | 1998-01-06 |
| CROASDALE, Stephen George | Director | — | 1997-11-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jeffrey Mark Drazan | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-10-01 | Active |
| Mr John Anthony Croasdale | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-10-01 |
| Ms Gillian Anne Croasdale | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-10-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-29 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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