Bourne Leisure

Bourne Leisure

Bourne Leisure Holdings Limited is a British private company which owns a number of subsidiary undertakings operating in the leisure and holiday sectors in the United Kingdom, Canada and the USA.

The Guernsey-based fiduciary company, First Ovalap Ltd, is the largest shareholder in Bourne Leisure, representing 97% of the issued share capital and holding 43% of shares with voting rights. Through this the Harris, Cook and Allen families are the joint majority owners. Other members of management, related trusts and banks complete the share register. Peter Harris (the founder of the original company in 1964) is the present company chairman and John Dunford is the director in the leading executive role.

The main trading companies in the Bourne Leisure group in the UK are,

• Haven Leisure Ltd which operates 35 family-oriented caravan holiday parks in England, Scotland and Wales.
• Butlins Skyline Ltd which operates the three Butlins holiday parks at the English coastal resorts, Bognor Regis, Minehead and Skegness. (These are the last three camps operating under the Butlins name from the ten originally founded by Billy Butlin)
• Bourne Holidays Ltd which operates 13 hotels across the UK under the brand name Warner Leisure Hotels, and which are exclusively for adults. Many of the Warner Leisure Hotels properties are country house hotels, including Alvaston Hall, Bodelwyddan Castle, Cricket St Thomas, Holme Lacey House, Littlecote House, Nidd Hall, and Thoresby Hall.

USA and Canada Division.

• Royalty Resorts Corporation The Royalty Resorts offer RV, camping and Lodge Holidays and vacation home sales. Sherkston Shores is located near Niagara Falls, in Ontario, Canada on Lake Erie beach. With similar offerings to a UK Haven Resort. In Florida, two parks, Sun-N-Fun near Siesta Key and Tropical Palms located just 5 miles from Disney World Resort. The Florida parks are more based on a US style Vacation.