The owners of Butlins holiday camps and Warner Leisure Hotels enjoyed a £60 million dividend last year, taking the total to almost £600 million over the past 15 years.
Accounts for Bourne Leisure, the parent company, show that the £60.5 million payout was made after pre-tax profits dipped 1.1 per cent to £153.4 million on revenue up 2.2 per cent to almost £1.1 billion, accounts filed at Companies House show.