DRUSILLAS ZOO PARK LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£7,552,992
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
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
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
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.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
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
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| DAYS OF DISCOVERY LIMITED | 1997-05-20 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| GLADSTONE HOUSE, 77-79 HIGH STREET, EGHAM, SURREY, TW20 9HY | 2009-10-06 |
| BRB HOUSE 180 HIGH STREET, EGHAM, SURREY TW20 9DN | 2002-12-19 |
| 12 LONSDALE GARDENS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT TN1 1PA | 2001-10-17 |
| HUGILL, ALBANY HOUSE, 73-79 STATION ROAD WEST DRAYTON, MIDDLESEX UB7 7LT | 2000-02-16 |
| DRUSILLAS ZOO PARK, ALFRISTON, POLEGATE, EAST SUSSEX BN26 5QS | 1997-10-12 |
| ALBANY HOUSE 73-79 STATION ROAD, WEST DRAYTON, MIDDLESEX UB7 7ET | 1997-05-06 |
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.
Competitors Brighton
This company ranks 1 among other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians) in Brighton.
The class of 1996
45%
of the 41,233 companies incorporated in 1996 are still active today; 52% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
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 number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price 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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