Butlin's: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Butlins Skyline Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Accuro Fiduciary Services Limited. It holds 75% or more of the company. In the year to December 2024 Butlins Skyline Limited reported turnover of £288m.
- In the year to December 2024, Butlin's had turnover of £288m, down 1.8% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £28m, keeping £9.89 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 3,915 people, with staff costs of £98m.
- Butlins Skyline Limited is controlled by Accuro Fiduciary Services Limited, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from Butlins Skyline Limited's accounts for the year to December 2024, filed at Companies House on 3 December 2025.
- Registered name
- BUTLINS SKYLINE LIMITED
- Company number
- 04011665
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 9 June 2000
- Registered office area
- Hemel Hempstead
- Industry code on the register
- 55300: Accommodation
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Small company accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2024, filed 3 December 2025
What does Butlin's do?
Butlin's runs holiday resorts in Bognor Regis, Minehead and Skegness, selling family holidays, short breaks and day visits. Billy Butlin opened the first Butlin's holiday camp at Skegness in 1936. Guests book stays in hotels, apartments or caravans, and pay extra for dining plans and some activities. The price includes shows, fairgrounds and the Splash Waterworld pools, so the resorts compete with overseas package holidays as well as UK holiday parks.
In brief: holiday resorts · three UK sites · family holidays and short breaks · entertainment included
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 24 September 2026. Official website: butlins.com.
Who owns Butlin's?
The Companies House register records Accuro Fiduciary Services Limited as the person with significant control of Butlins Skyline Limited, company number 04011665. Accuro Fiduciary Services Limited is itself company number 08709604. It holds 75% or more of the shares or voting rights. The control was notified on 19 October 2022.
That places Butlins Skyline Limited inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.
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 Butlin's?
The Companies House register lists 2 current officers for Butlins Skyline Limited.
All 2 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Jon David Hendry Pickup | 19 October 2022 |
| David Anthony Rowland Carter | 30 June 2023 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Butlin's file?
Butlins Skyline Limited reported turnover of £288m in the year to December 2024. That was down 1.8% on £293m the year before.
It reported 3,915 employees. The year before it reported 3,893.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £28m for the year, against a pre-tax loss of £24m the year before.
Staff costs came to £98m. That is an average of £25,000 a head. It ended the year with £10m at the bank and net assets of £83m.
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £288m | £293m |
| Pre-tax profit | £28m (filed) | -£24m (filed) |
| Employees | 3,915 | 3,893 |
| Staff costs | £98m | £90m |
| Average staff cost per head | £25,000 | £23,000 |
| Bank and cash | £10m | £18m |
| Net assets | £83m | £13m |
| Interest paid | £14m | |
| Interest received | £0.3m | |
| Directors' pay | £1.5m |
Butlin's latest accounts are small company accounts. Small companies do not have to file turnover or a profit and loss account, so blank figures here mean the company was not required to publish them, not that they are zero.
Read the accounts to December 2024 (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 Butlin's?
Butlins Skyline Limited has registered 7 charges at Companies House, of which 1 is 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.
The outstanding charge
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Ares Management Limited (As Security Agent for the Senior Secured Parties (as Defined in the Instrument)) | 9 November 2022 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Butlin's compares
Of the 3 UK holiday parks, Butlin's is 3rd on turnover, 3rd on profit margin and 3rd on growth. Center Parcs keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £20.63.
| Rank | UK holiday parks | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Haven | £908m | £14.06 |
| 3rd | Butlin's | £288m | £9.89 |
| + 1 more UK holiday parks ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
Butlin's files as Butlins Skyline Limited, whose person with significant control is Accuro Fiduciary Services Limited, with turnover of £288m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Butlin's
What does Butlin's do?
Butlin's runs holiday resorts in Bognor Regis, Minehead and Skegness, selling family holidays, short breaks and day visits. Billy Butlin opened the first Butlin's holiday camp at Skegness in 1936. Guests book stays in hotels, apartments or caravans, and pay extra for dining plans and some activities. The price includes shows, fairgrounds and the Splash Waterworld pools, so the resorts compete with overseas package holidays as well as UK holiday parks.
Is Butlin's bigger than Center Parcs?
No, by turnover. Butlin's reported £288m in its latest accounts, against £540m at Center Parcs. Our Center Parcs v Butlin's page compares the two on profit, margin, growth and staff. Center Parcs v Butlin's →
How does Butlin's compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Butlin's is 3rd of the 3 companies in our battle of the UK holiday parks, behind Haven. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the UK holiday parks →
Who owns Butlin's?
The Companies House register records Accuro Fiduciary Services Limited as the person with significant control of Butlins Skyline Limited. It holds 75% or more of the shares or voting rights.
How much does Butlin's make?
Butlins Skyline Limited reported turnover of £288m in the year to December 2024. It filed a pre-tax profit of £28m.
How many people work at Butlin's?
Butlins Skyline Limited reported 3,915 employees in the year to December 2024.
Who runs Butlin's?
The Companies House register lists 2 current officers for Butlins Skyline Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Butlins Skyline Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 04011665, 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, “Butlin's: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/butlins/. Figures from Companies House filings for BUTLINS SKYLINE LIMITED (04011665).
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