Drayton Manor Park Hotels Limited (07140058): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2020-08-03
- Administrators
- Peter David Dickens, Alison Grant
- Administrators' firm
- PwC
- Incorporated
- 2010-01-29
- Location
- Leeds
- Industry
- 55100 Hotels and similar accommodation
Why it went into administration
- COVID-19
- Weather / natural events
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
From the administrators' statement
Drayton Manor Park is a family-run theme park based in Tamworth, Staffordshire. The park offers over 50 rides, Thomas Land, a zoo housing approximately 537 animals totalling 141 separate species, various retail and catering outlets and a 4* star hotel with 148 bedrooms and conference facilities. The park on average attracts c.1m visitors each year.
The operations and activities are undertaken .by three trading legal entities; Drayton Manor Park Limited, Drayton Manor Park (Catering) Limited and Drayton Manor Park Hotels Limited . In broad terms:
• DMPL operates the main attraction elements of the park and zoo across the Group’s admissions and retail operations. Of the Group entities, DMPL owns the majority of the freehold and leasehold property interests and park assets, and derives the large proportion of its revenue from.the sale of theme park tickets to customers for
Administrators' statement of proposals (2020-10-08) · Companies House register