CLASSIC COTTAGES LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
£936k
+25.8% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £6,225,324 | £5,805,642 | £6,509,497 | +12.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,259,747 | £421,020 | £874,310 | +107.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,477,242 | £743,577 | £935,747 | +25.8% | |
| Net profit | £10,863 | £2,753,773 | £1,176,381 | £558,659 | £746,968 | +33.7% | |
| Cash | £6,938,892 | £10,104,843 | £9,670,723 | £8,675,517 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,112,678 | £4,641,882 | £1,557,609 | £797,404 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £586,629 | £3,329,539 | £1,551,545 | £797,404 | — | — | |
| Equity | £586,629 | £3,329,539 | £1,551,545 | £797,404 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 75 | 78 | 93 | 98 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,955,231 | £3,243,676 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £108,444 | £114,474 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £14,756 | £8,853 | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 20.2% | 7.3% | 13.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 18.9% | 9.6% | 11.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 80.9% | 52.8% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.8% | 72.1% | 87.1% | 93.3% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.10x | 1.01x | — |
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 1 time since incorporation
- CLASSIC COTTAGES LIMITED 1985-12-13 → present
- HOLDBRIGHT LIMITED 1985-11-28 → 1985-12-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CLASSIC COTTAGES LIMITED · parent
- Cat Hole Cottages Limited 100%
- Wight Locations Limited 100%
- Roseland Holiday Cottages Limited 100%
- Norfolk Holiday Homes Ltd 100%
- Ocean Cottages Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In the year ended 31 December 2025 trade and assets of three wholly owned subsidiaries were hived-up into the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON, Daniel Robert | Director | 2022-01-18 | May 1985 | British |
| SKITT, Stephen Anthony | Director | 2011-01-05 | Aug 1959 | British |
| TREGONING, Simon Charles | Director | 2001-02-22 | Sep 1963 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TREGONING, Pamela Clare | Secretary | — | 2002-04-12 |
| WHITEHORN, Andrew | Secretary | 2002-04-12 | 2016-07-28 |
| TREGONING, Anthony, Major | Director | — | 2006-02-18 |
| TREGONING, Pamela Clare | Director | — | 2011-03-07 |
| TREGONING, Shelly Anne | Director | 2001-02-22 | 2022-01-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapphire Holidays Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-02-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-02-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-02-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-01-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.