THE TRAVEL COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£23M
+28.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£13M
+17.1% vs 2024
Employees
679
+0.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.5M
-14.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £40,510,289 | £40,859,100 | £42,390,634 | +3.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,214,948 | £1,689,316 | £1,752,781 | +3.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,222,903 | £2,866,718 | £2,461,263 | -14.1% | |
| Net profit | £2,598,155 | £2,285,703 | £1,830,787 | -19.9% | |
| Cash | £33,967,607 | £17,793,900 | £22,803,935 | +28.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,580,231 | £10,753,435 | £12,542,527 | +16.6% | |
| Net assets | £18,407,777 | £10,693,480 | £12,524,267 | +17.1% | |
| Equity | £18,407,777 | £10,693,480 | £12,524,267 | +17.1% | |
| Average employees | 663 | 678 | 679 | +0.1% | |
| Wages | £30,677,047 | £32,368,509 | £33,396,117 | +3.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £684,464 | £695,505 | £709,465 | +2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 4.1% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 6.4% | 5.6% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.5% | 15.7% | 14.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.8% | 65.6% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.76x | 1.51x | 1.54x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 58.53x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- THE TRAVEL COMPANY LIMITED 1990-04-10 → present
- WHITTAKER WALLEY TRAVEL COMPANY LIMITED(THE) 1981-12-31 → 1990-04-10
- PLAYBOY TRAVEL LIMITED 1946-11-01 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors of The Travel Company Limited confirm access to additional finance, through a letter of financial support from the parent company, BCD Travel B.V., provided for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the company's financial statements and have no indication that this support will not be forthcoming should it be required. Management has therefore adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “No post balance sheet events bearing a material influence on the 2025 financial statements were identified up to the date of the signing of the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVERITT, Laura | Secretary | 2010-09-23 | — | — |
| EVERITT, Laura | Director | 2022-11-22 | May 1973 | British |
| LAWLEY, Michele | Director | 1999-12-06 | Jul 1963 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GATHERCOLE, Clive David | Secretary | 1996-03-29 | 2010-09-23 |
| WILSON, Ian | Secretary | — | 1996-03-29 |
| CARTER, Kevin Allen | Director | 1999-12-06 | 2005-06-20 |
| ETCHELLS, Stephen Paul | Director | — | 1997-09-26 |
| FISHER, David Lee | Director | 1992-05-06 | 1994-07-06 |
| GATHERCOLE, Clive David | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2012-08-27 |
| MORRIS, Susan Jane | Director | — | 1992-03-12 |
| ROSENBLUTH, Hal Frederic | Director | 1992-05-06 | 1994-07-06 |
| SEEBURG, Max Leslie | Director | — | 1992-03-12 |
| TRAFFORD, John Henry | Director | — | 1992-03-12 |
| WALLEY, Michael John Alfred | Director | — | 2022-09-01 |
| WHITTAKER, David Ronald | Director | — | 2004-12-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Arthur Fentener Van Vlissingen | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-04 |
| The Travel Company Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.