DRUSILLAS ZOO PARK LIMITED

Company number 03261226 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£7,552,992

Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the operation of a zoo with allied retail, leisure and catering facilities.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1996-10-09
Employees
143 (2024 accounts · was 145 in 2023)
Registered office
Drusillas Park, Alfriston Road, Alfriston, East Sussex, BN26 5QS
Postcode
BN26 5QS
Capital
6,658,286 GBP
Accounts category
Full

Accounts

Last made up to
2024-12-31
Next due by
2026-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-11-15
Next due by
2026-11-29
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 47789 Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)
  • 56101 Licenced restaurants
  • 91040 Botanical and zoological gardens and nature reserves activities
  • 93210 Activities of amusement parks and theme parks

Officers 8 current · 2 resigned

Appointed 2017-05-01
Appointed 2017-05-01
Appointed 2017-05-01
COMPANY DIRECTOR Appointed 1996-10-09
Christine SMITH Director
Appointed 1996-10-09

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Group structure 1 subsidiary

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA863381 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.

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Contact details

Website
drusillas.co.uk
Phone
01323 874100

Drusillas Park offers the best family fun day out in Sussex. Come and join hundreds of zoo animals for a fun day out.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
DAYS OF DISCOVERY LIMITED1997-05-20

Previous registered addresses 6

AddressChanged on
GLADSTONE HOUSE, 77-79 HIGH STREET, EGHAM, SURREY, TW20 9HY2009-10-06
BRB HOUSE 180 HIGH STREET, EGHAM, SURREY TW20 9DN2002-12-19
12 LONSDALE GARDENS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT TN1 1PA2001-10-17
HUGILL, ALBANY HOUSE, 73-79 STATION ROAD WEST DRAYTON, MIDDLESEX UB7 7LT2000-02-16
DRUSILLAS ZOO PARK, ALFRISTON, POLEGATE, EAST SUSSEX BN26 5QS1997-10-12
ALBANY HOUSE 73-79 STATION ROAD, WEST DRAYTON, MIDDLESEX UB7 7ET1997-05-06

Among its peers

Top 1%

by shareholders' funds, of 145 similar companies in BN

The largest employer among its local peers (143 staff).

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1996.

No.1 of the largest other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians) companies in Brighton →

Competitors Brighton

This company ranks 1 among other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians) in Brighton.

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The class of 1996

45%

of the 41,233 companies incorporated in 1996 are still active today; 52% have since been dissolved.

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Property in England & Wales 4 titles

Freehold
4
Most recent registration
2015-07-15
Price paid, where recorded
£825,000
Where
East Sussex (4)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
ESX139307 East Sussex Freehold 2015-07-15 £825,000
ESX214737 East Sussex Freehold 2015-07-15
ESX328567 East Sussex Freehold 2010-03-17
ESX221484 East Sussex Freehold 1997-06-25

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