LAKE DISTRICT HOLDINGS LIMITED
Company number 02160419 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Lake District Holdings Limited presents a satisfactory credit profile characterised by consistent net asset growth, a significant improvement in operating profitability to £2.4m, and active debt reduction. The group's diversified tourism portfolio in the Lake District provides a degree of resilience, though the discretionary and seasonal nature of the sector, combined with regulatory cost pressures and £11.7m in borrowings, necessitates ongoing monitoring. A conditional approval is appropriate, with particular attention required to interest cover ratios, the property disposal programme, and seasonal trading performance.
Shareholders' funds
£6,361,198
Balance sheet as at 2026-01-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is the provision of visitor attractions and public transport, retail outlets and accommodation for visitors and others in the Lake District and Cumbria.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1987-09-02
- Employees
- 36 (2026 accounts · was 37 in 2025)
- Registered office
- Maudlands, Maude Street, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4QD
- Postcode
- LA9 4QD
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 0 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
- 2025-11-17
- Next due by
- 2026-12-01
Nature of business (SIC)
- 64209 Activities of other holding companies not elsewhere classified
Officers 11 current · 14 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
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NEWBY BRIDGE CARAVANS LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5374166 (Tier 1), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BATTLEFIELDS HOLDINGS LIMITED | 2015-08-11 |
| OPENSHORES LIMITED | 1988-01-27 |
Previous registered addresses 12
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| MAUDLANDS, MAUDE STREET, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA9 4QD | 2008-01-16 |
| MAUDLANDS, MAUDE STREET, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA9 4QD | 2008-01-16 |
| BAKER TILLY,, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, 2 BLOOMSBURY STREET, LONDON WC1B 3ST | 2005-07-13 |
| BAKER TILLY,, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, 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 |
| CHAPEL HOUSE, 12A UPPER BERKELEY STREET, LONDON, W1H 7PE | 1990-01-25 |
| CHAPEL HOUSE, 12A UPPER BERKELEY STREET, LONDON, W1H 7PE | 1990-01-25 |
| SECTION D 6TH FLOOR, PLANTATION HOUSE, 31-35 FENCHURCH STREET, LONDON, EC3M 3NN | 1988-02-10 |
| SECTION D 6TH FLOOR, PLANTATION HOUSE, 31-35 FENCHURCH STREET, LONDON, EC3M 3NN | 1988-02-10 |
| 84 TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, LONDON, EC4Y 0HP | 1987-09-24 |
| 84 TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, LONDON, EC4Y 0HP | 1987-09-24 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 226 similar companies in LA
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (36 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1987.
Competitors Lancaster
This company ranks 11 among activities of other holding companies not elsewhere classified in Lancaster.
The class of 1987
51%
of the 20,106 companies incorporated in 1987 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.