
Butlins Ltd
Registered 30th January 1937 to acquire the business of W.E Butlin and the business of Butlin’s Autocars Ltd., Butlin’s Coastal Rides Ltd and Entertainments Development Corporation Ltd.
Properties acquired either freehold or leasehold in Littlehampton, Skegness, Bognor Regis, Mablethorpe, Felixstowe, Hayling Island and Southsea.
(1) Original Capital £220,000 in shares of 5/- and £100,000 5½% Debenture stock.
(2)Increased in December 1937 to £365,000 in £265,000 ordinary 5/- shares and £100,000 in £1 Preference shares.
(3)Increased in January 1939 to £750,000 in £400,000 ordinary 5/- shares, £100,000 in £1 Preference shares and £250,000 in £1 Participating Preference shares.
(4) Reduced after 1943 to £600,000; £59,000 in shares of 1/-, £441,000 Ordinary stock and £100,000 Cumulative Preference stock?
(5) Later increased to £982,000; £882,000 in Ordinary stock and £100,000 Cumulative Preference stock?
1937