Drusillas Park: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Drusillas Zoo Park Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Mrs Caroline Victoria Steer. In the year to December 2025 Drusillas Zoo Park Limited reported turnover of £7m.
- In the year to December 2025, Drusillas Park had turnover of £7m, up 11.2% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £1.2m, keeping £16.47 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 141 people, with staff costs of £3m.
- These figures are from Drusillas Zoo Park Limited's accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 25 September 2026.
- Registered name
- DRUSILLAS ZOO PARK LIMITED
- Company number
- 03261226
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 9 October 1996
- Registered office area
- Brighton
- Industry code on the register
- 47789: Retail trade
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 25 September 2026
What does Drusillas Park do?
Drusillas Park is a family zoo and play park at Alfriston in East Sussex. It began in 1925 as a tea cottage on a farm and gradually added animals, and the Smith family has owned it since 1997. It combines a small zoo with rides, indoor and outdoor play areas and the SPARK immersive play experience, earning money from tickets, memberships, animal experiences, birthday parties and gift vouchers.
In brief: family zoo · rides and play · tickets and memberships
Source: Drusillas Park's own website, retrieved 27 September 2026.
Who owns Drusillas Park?
The Companies House register records Mrs Caroline Victoria Steer as the person with significant control of Drusillas Zoo Park Limited, company number 03261226.
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 Drusillas Park?
The Companies House register lists 7 current officers for Drusillas Zoo Park Limited.
All 7 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Laurence Edwin Smith | 9 October 1996 |
| Christine Smith | 9 October 1996 |
| Laurence Edwin Smith | 9 October 1996 |
| Oliver Laurence Smith | 17 December 2013 |
| Cassandra Jane Poland | 1 May 2017 |
| Oliver Laurence Smith | 1 May 2017 |
| Caroline Victoria Steer | 1 May 2017 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Drusillas Park file?
Drusillas Zoo Park Limited reported turnover of £7m in the year to December 2025. That was up 11.2% on £6m the year before.
It reported 141 employees. The year before it reported 143.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £1.2m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £0.8m the year before.
Staff costs came to £3m. That is an average of £20,000 a head. It ended the year with £0.8m at the bank and net assets of £8m. It paid dividends of £0.6m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7m | £6m |
| Pre-tax profit | £1.2m (filed) | £0.8m (filed) |
| Employees | 141 | 143 |
| Staff costs | £3m | £3m |
| Average staff cost per head | £20,000 | £19,000 |
| Bank and cash | £0.8m | £0.6m |
| Net assets | £8m | £8m |
| Dividends paid | £0.6m | £0.4m |
| Interest paid | £37k | |
| Interest received | £6k | |
| Directors' pay | £14k |
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 Drusillas Park?
Drusillas Zoo Park Limited has registered 2 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 |
|---|---|
| National Westminster Bank PLC | 1 July 2015 |
| National Westminster Bank PLC | 23 August 2013 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Drusillas Park compares
Of the 5 safari and wildlife parks, Drusillas Park is 5th on turnover, 3rd on profit margin and 1st 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 |
| 5th | Drusillas Park | £7m | £16.47 |
| + 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.
Drusillas Park files as Drusillas Zoo Park Limited, whose person with significant control is Mrs Caroline Victoria Steer, with turnover of £7m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Drusillas Park
What does Drusillas Park do?
Drusillas Park is a family zoo and play park at Alfriston in East Sussex. It began in 1925 as a tea cottage on a farm and gradually added animals, and the Smith family has owned it since 1997. It combines a small zoo with rides, indoor and outdoor play areas and the SPARK immersive play experience, earning money from tickets, memberships, animal experiences, birthday parties and gift vouchers.
How does Drusillas Park compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Drusillas Park is 5th 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 Drusillas Park?
The Companies House register records Mrs Caroline Victoria Steer as the person with significant control of Drusillas Zoo Park Limited.
How much does Drusillas Park make?
Drusillas Zoo Park Limited reported turnover of £7m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £1.2m.
How many people work at Drusillas Park?
Drusillas Zoo Park Limited reported 141 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs Drusillas Park?
The Companies House register lists 7 current officers for Drusillas Zoo Park Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Drusillas Zoo Park Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 03261226, 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, “Drusillas Park: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 9 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/drusillas/. Figures from Companies House filings for DRUSILLAS ZOO PARK LIMITED (03261226).
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