ROYAL YACHT ENTERPRISES LIMITED
Company number SC185472 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Royal Yacht Enterprises Limited operates as the commercial engine for The Royal Yacht Britannia, occupying an unassailable niche within the UK heritage tourism and experiential hospitality sectors. While officially a small enterprise, its robust governance—featuring senior naval officers and a premier Scottish law firm as secretary—and the institutional backing of its Trust shareholder provide it with financial and operational stability uncommon in the broader hospitality sector. The primary strategic challenge remains balancing the high, specialized costs of maritime heritage preservation against the cyclical pressures of the tourism and corporate events markets.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1998-04-28
- Registered office
- C/O Turcan Connell Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, EH3 9EE
- Postcode
- EH3 9EE
- Capital
- 100,002 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-28
- Next due by
- 2027-05-12
Nature of business (SIC)
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 5 current · 20 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by THE ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA TRUST — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7114753 (Tier 1), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| YACHT EVENTS LIMITED | 2005-10-12 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| PRINCES EXCHANGE, 1 EARL GREY STREET, EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN, EH3 9EE | 2018-11-06 |
| 1 PRINCE OF WALES DOCK, EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN, EH6 7DX | 2005-08-12 |
| . TOWER PLACE, EDINBURGH, EH6 7DB | 2003-06-05 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 1,920 similar companies in EH, trading since 1998
The class of 1998
29%
of the 4,094 companies in this sector incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 69% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.