LAKE DISTRICT ESTATES COMPANY LIMITED
Company number 00346999 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Lake District Estates Company Limited presents a mixed risk profile typical of asset-rich, seasonally-dependent tourism businesses. The company has demonstrated meaningful recovery from a severe liquidity crisis in 2020/2021, with operating profit more than doubling to £2.4M and a return to a net cash position. However, significant debt (£11.7M), interest rate sensitivity, declining gross margins, and structural dependencies on weather and discretionary consumer spending temper this positive trajectory. The ongoing Kirkstone Pass closure and secondary spend weakness are near-term headwinds that require monitoring. The strong net asset base and proactive capital reallocation strategy provide reasonable downside protection, but the business remains vulnerable to external shocks and macroeconomic deterioration.
Shareholders' funds
£24,747,353
Balance sheet as at 2022-01-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1938-12-06
- Registered office
- Maudlands, Maude Street, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4QD
- Postcode
- LA9 4QD
- Capital
- 8,569 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-01-31
- Next due by
- 2027-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-14
- Next due by
- 2026-11-28
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47789 Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)
- 50300 Inland passenger water transport
- 55300 Recreational vehicle parks, trailer parks and camping grounds
- 68209 Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Officers 10 current · 15 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by LAKE DISTRICT HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 2 BLOOMSBURY STREET, LONDON, WC1B 3ST | 2005-07-13 |
| CHAPEL HOUSE, 24 NUTFORD PLACE, LONDON, W1H 6AE | 1992-12-17 |
| CHAPEL HOUSE, 24 NUTFORD PLACE, LONDON, W1H 6AE | 1992-12-17 |
| 12A UPPER BERKELEY STREET, LONDON W1H 7PE | 1989-03-07 |
| 12A UPPER BERKELEY STREET, LONDON W1H 7PE | 1989-03-07 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 60 similar companies in LA
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1938.
Competitors Lancaster
This company ranks 1 among other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians) in Lancaster.
Property in England & Wales 62 titles
- Freehold
- 57
- Leasehold
- 5
- Most recent registration
- 2025-06-17
- Price paid, where recorded
- £6,434,500
- Where
- Westmorland And Furness (43), Cumberland (18), Lancashire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CU348307 | Cumberland | Freehold | 2025-06-17 | — |
| CU278972 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2024-03-11 | £300,000 |
| CU113408 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2023-11-15 | — |
| CU339369 | Westmorland And Furness | Leasehold | 2023-08-15 | — |
| CU339357 | Westmorland And Furness | Leasehold | 2023-08-14 | £50,000 |
| CU330813 | Cumberland | Leasehold | 2022-02-09 | — |
| CU324226 | Westmorland And Furness | Leasehold | 2020-12-18 | — |
| CU105026 | Cumberland | Freehold | 2020-01-20 | £5,150,000 |
| CU237613 | Cumberland | Freehold | 2020-01-20 | — |
| CU273618 | Cumberland | Freehold | 2020-01-20 | — |
| LAN50785 | Lancashire | Freehold | 2017-04-19 | — |
| CU292498 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2015-12-17 | — |
| CU290234 | Cumberland | Freehold | 2015-08-19 | — |
| CU307822 | Cumberland | Freehold | 2015-08-19 | — |
| CU307867 | Cumberland | Freehold | 2015-08-19 | — |
| CU307943 | Cumberland | Freehold | 2015-08-19 | — |
| CU308123 | Cumberland | Freehold | 2015-08-19 | — |
| CU308444 | Cumberland | Freehold | 2015-08-19 | — |
| CU225935 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2015-01-20 | — |
| CU79166 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2015-01-20 | — |
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