Drayton Manor: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Drayton Manor Resort Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Looping Parks Uk Limited. In the year to September 2025 Drayton Manor Resort Limited reported turnover of £29m.
- In the year to September 2025, Drayton Manor had turnover of £29m, up 2.8% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £1.5m, keeping £5.13 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 516 people, with staff costs of £8m.
- Drayton Manor Resort Limited is controlled by Looping Parks Uk Limited, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from Drayton Manor Resort Limited's accounts for the year to September 2025, filed at Companies House on 12 April 2026.
- Registered name
- DRAYTON MANOR RESORT LIMITED
- Company number
- 12760453
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 22 July 2020
- Registered office area
- Birmingham
- Industry code on the register
- 93210: Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to September 2025, filed 12 April 2026
What does Drayton Manor do?
Drayton Manor Resort runs a theme park, zoo and hotel in Staffordshire, including Thomas Land, based on Thomas the Tank Engine. The park is split into themed areas with rides for families and thrill-seekers, and a zoo alongside. It makes money from day tickets and annual passes, hotel stays and short-break packages, food and drink, fast passes, animal encounters, birthday parties and seasonal events such as Halloween and fireworks nights.
In brief: theme park · Thomas Land and zoo · hotel
Source: Drayton Manor's own website, retrieved 27 September 2026.
Who owns Drayton Manor?
The Companies House register records Looping Parks Uk Limited as the person with significant control of Drayton Manor Resort Limited, company number 12760453. Looping Parks Uk Limited is itself company number 11699316.
That places Drayton Manor Resort 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 Drayton Manor?
The Companies House register lists 1 current officers for Drayton Manor Resort Limited.
All 1 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Laurent Eugene Jacques Bruloy | 22 July 2020 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Drayton Manor file?
Drayton Manor Resort Limited reported turnover of £29m in the year to September 2025. That was up 2.8% on £28m the year before.
It reported 516 employees. The year before it reported 535.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £1.5m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £1.2m the year before.
Staff costs came to £8m. That is an average of £16,000 a head. It ended the year with £0.3m at the bank and net assets of £12m.
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29m | £28m |
| Pre-tax profit | £1.5m (filed) | £1.2m (filed) |
| Employees | 516 | 535 |
| Staff costs | £8m | £8m |
| Average staff cost per head | £16,000 | £16,000 |
| Bank and cash | £0.3m | £0.3m |
| Net assets | £12m | £11m |
| Interest paid | £0.7m | |
| Interest received | £54k |
Read the accounts to September 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 Drayton Manor?
Drayton Manor Resort 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 |
|---|---|
| Aether Financial Services as Security Agent | 14 November 2023 |
| National Westminster Bank PLC | 25 February 2021 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Drayton Manor compares
Of the 5 visitor attractions, Drayton Manor is 2nd on turnover, 3rd on profit margin and 2nd on growth. Warner Bros. Studio Tour London keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £39.05.
| Rank | Visitor attractions | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Warner Bros. Studio Tour London | £292m | £39.05 |
| 2nd | Drayton Manor | £29m | £5.13 |
| + 3 more visitor attractions ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
Drayton Manor files as Drayton Manor Resort Limited, whose person with significant control is Looping Parks Uk Limited, with turnover of £29m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Drayton Manor
What does Drayton Manor do?
Drayton Manor Resort runs a theme park, zoo and hotel in Staffordshire, including Thomas Land, based on Thomas the Tank Engine. The park is split into themed areas with rides for families and thrill-seekers, and a zoo alongside. It makes money from day tickets and annual passes, hotel stays and short-break packages, food and drink, fast passes, animal encounters, birthday parties and seasonal events such as Halloween and fireworks nights.
How does Drayton Manor compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Drayton Manor is 2nd of the 5 companies in our battle of the visitor attractions, behind Warner Bros. Studio Tour London. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the visitor attractions →
Who owns Drayton Manor?
The Companies House register records Looping Parks Uk Limited as the person with significant control of Drayton Manor Resort Limited.
How much does Drayton Manor make?
Drayton Manor Resort Limited reported turnover of £29m in the year to September 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £1.5m.
How many people work at Drayton Manor?
Drayton Manor Resort Limited reported 516 employees in the year to September 2025.
Who runs Drayton Manor?
The Companies House register lists 1 current officers for Drayton Manor Resort Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Drayton Manor Resort Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 12760453, 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, “Drayton Manor: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/drayton-manor/. Figures from Companies House filings for DRAYTON MANOR RESORT LIMITED (12760453).
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