Blair Drummond Safari Park: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Scottish African Safari Park Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Mr James Francis Muir. In the year to December 2025 Scottish African Safari Park Limited reported turnover of £10m.
- In the year to December 2025, Blair Drummond Safari Park had turnover of £10m, up 3.3% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £0.5m, keeping £5.42 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 250 people, with staff costs of £5m.
- These figures are from Scottish African Safari Park Limited's accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 25 September 2026.
- Registered name
- SCOTTISH AFRICAN SAFARI PARK LIMITED
- Company number
- 00977880
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 23 April 1970
- Registered office area
- Falkirk
- Industry code on the register
- 91040: Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 25 September 2026
What does Blair Drummond Safari Park do?
Scottish African Safari Park runs Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling, a drive-through and walk-around safari park. Sir John Muir opened it in 1970 and the Muir family still owns and runs it as a self-funded business. It earns money from online entry tickets, seasonal memberships, animal experiences and adoptions, food and drink, and venue hire for parties, camping and corporate events.
In brief: safari park · Stirling · family owned · tickets and memberships
Source: Blair Drummond Safari Park's own website, retrieved 27 September 2026.
Who owns Blair Drummond Safari Park?
The Companies House register records Mr James Francis Muir as the person with significant control of Scottish African Safari Park Limited, company number 00977880.
The register names an individual, not a company, as its controller.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Blair Drummond Safari Park?
The Companies House register lists 7 current officers for Scottish African Safari Park Limited.
All 7 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| William Anthony Nathaniel Muir | 17 September 2001 |
| James Francis Muir | 17 September 2001 |
| John Alexander Hector Muir | 17 September 2001 |
| James Francis Muir | 17 September 2001 |
| Belinda Aird | 11 November 2024 |
| John Corse | 11 November 2024 |
| David Stewart Robertson | 22 May 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Blair Drummond Safari Park file?
Scottish African Safari Park Limited reported turnover of £10m in the year to December 2025. That was up 3.3% on £10m the year before.
It reported 250 employees. The year before it reported 226.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £0.5m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £0.8m the year before.
Staff costs came to £5m. That is an average of £19,000 a head. It ended the year with £0.9m at the bank and net assets of £7m. It paid dividends of £0.3m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10m | £10m |
| Pre-tax profit | £0.5m (filed) | £0.8m (filed) |
| Employees | 250 | 226 |
| Staff costs | £5m | £4m |
| Average staff cost per head | £19,000 | £19,000 |
| Bank and cash | £0.9m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £7m | £7m |
| Dividends paid | £0.3m | £0.3m |
| Interest paid | £27k | |
| Interest received | £25k | |
| Directors' pay | £0.2m |
Read the accounts to December 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets
Are there any charges against Blair Drummond Safari Park?
Scottish African Safari Park Limited has registered 3 charges at Companies House, of which 2 are still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
Both outstanding charges
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | 21 March 1988 |
| Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | 11 April 1985 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Blair Drummond Safari Park compares
Of the 5 safari and wildlife parks, Blair Drummond Safari Park is 4th on turnover, 5th on profit margin and 4th on growth. West Midland Safari Park keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £26.15.
| Rank | Safari and wildlife parks | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | West Midland Safari Park | £27m | £26.15 |
| 4th | Blair Drummond Safari Park | £10m | £5.42 |
| + 3 more safari and wildlife parks ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
Blair Drummond Safari Park files as Scottish African Safari Park Limited, whose person with significant control is Mr James Francis Muir, with turnover of £10m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Blair Drummond Safari Park
What does Blair Drummond Safari Park do?
Scottish African Safari Park runs Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling, a drive-through and walk-around safari park. Sir John Muir opened it in 1970 and the Muir family still owns and runs it as a self-funded business. It earns money from online entry tickets, seasonal memberships, animal experiences and adoptions, food and drink, and venue hire for parties, camping and corporate events.
How does Blair Drummond Safari Park compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Blair Drummond Safari Park is 4th of the 5 companies in our battle of the safari and wildlife parks, behind West Midland Safari Park. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the safari and wildlife parks →
Who owns Blair Drummond Safari Park?
The Companies House register records Mr James Francis Muir as the person with significant control of Scottish African Safari Park Limited.
How much does Blair Drummond Safari Park make?
Scottish African Safari Park Limited reported turnover of £10m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £0.5m.
How many people work at Blair Drummond Safari Park?
Scottish African Safari Park Limited reported 250 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs Blair Drummond Safari Park?
The Companies House register lists 7 current officers for Scottish African Safari Park Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Scottish African Safari Park Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 00977880, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Blair Drummond Safari Park: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 9 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/blair-drummond/. Figures from Companies House filings for SCOTTISH AFRICAN SAFARI PARK LIMITED (00977880).
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