COSMOS TOURS LIMITED
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Cash
£6.8M
+13.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.1M
+28.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
88
+1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.8M
+8.4% highest 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 | £56,241,000 | £62,394,000 | £64,338,000 | +3.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,195,000 | £1,498,000 | £1,533,000 | +2.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,289,000 | £1,690,000 | £1,832,000 | +8.4% | |
| Net profit | £1,015,000 | £1,263,000 | £1,364,000 | +8% | |
| Cash | £3,286,000 | £5,952,000 | £6,770,000 | +13.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,778,000 | £6,142,000 | +28.5% | |
| Net assets | £3,515,000 | £4,778,000 | £6,142,000 | +28.5% | |
| Equity | £3,515,000 | £4,778,000 | £6,142,000 | +28.5% | |
| Average employees | 91 | 87 | 88 | +1.1% | |
| Wages | £3,736,000 | £3,807,000 | £4,078,000 | +7.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £796,000 | £605,000 | £638,000 | +5.5% |
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 | 2.1% | 2.4% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 2.0% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 31.4% | 25.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 38.5% | 40.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.07x | 2.59x | 2.44x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- COSMOS TOURS LIMITED 2014-05-08 → present
- COSMOS COACH TOURS LIMITED 1974-06-25 → 2014-05-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the uncertainties presented by the current economic conditions in relation to demand and its impact on the group's business operations and financial position and have prepared detailed trading and cash flow forecasts for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which demonstrated that the group is likely to remain profitable and will have sufficient cash reserves to fund its operations. The group also has the support of its parent company to provide additional funding if required and therefore the directors believe that the going concern assumption remains appropriate.”
Group structure
- COSMOS TOURS LIMITED · parent
- Cosmos Transport Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The group also received the awards in the River Category for the Best River Cruise Line, Best for Active Cruisers, and Best Cabins at Cruise Critic's UK Best in Cruise 2025 awards for its Avalon river cruise brand in December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARKER, Samuel Kodjo | Secretary | 2014-11-14 | — | — |
| PARKER, Samuel Kodjo | Director | 2015-09-01 | Jun 1969 | British |
| SMITH, Lesley Anne | Director | 2013-12-17 | Nov 1971 | British |
| YARDE-LEAVETT, Tristram Henry John | Director | 2018-10-16 | Oct 1964 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALBERTINI, Peter Sinclair | Secretary | — | 1998-06-25 |
| ATKINSON, Geoffrey | Secretary | 2002-05-01 | 2012-02-06 |
| ENTWISTLE, Malcolm Graham | Secretary | 1998-06-25 | 2000-01-31 |
| MARRAY, John | Secretary | 2012-02-07 | 2014-11-10 |
| MARTIN, Carol Anne | Secretary | 2000-04-19 | 2002-05-01 |
| BCITI LEGAL SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-02-01 | 2000-04-19 |
| ALBERTINI, Peter Sinclair | Director | — | 1998-06-25 |
| ANSLOW, Gary Alan | Director | 2012-11-20 | 2014-11-11 |
| AUSTIN, Michael | Director | — | 1999-04-30 |
| BROWN, Peter Richard | Director | 2000-07-03 | 2010-03-25 |
| CHARLESWORTH, Lucinda Jane | Director | 2001-01-05 | 2005-04-30 |
| COLES, Graham John | Director | 2001-01-05 | 2014-11-11 |
| FAIR, John David | Director | 2013-12-17 | 2016-01-31 |
| FIELD, Andrew John Stanley | Director | 1999-02-10 | 2001-03-27 |
| FRANCIS, Richard David | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2015-04-13 |
| HAWKE, Giles James Martin | Director | 2016-04-13 | 2023-08-18 |
| HAZLE, Claire Rose | Director | 2016-06-24 | 2020-04-09 |
| JACKSON, Stuart Robert | Director | 2000-02-22 | 2001-01-05 |
| JOLLIFFE, Paul Douglas | Director | 1996-05-17 | 2008-09-30 |
| MACLEAN, Alan Kenneth | Director | 2009-01-05 | 2016-01-31 |
| MANTEGAZZA, Fabio | Director | — | 2006-09-26 |
| MORGAN, Hugh Sinclair Cole | Director | 2015-11-16 | 2017-10-31 |
| NAQVI, Ali Jaffar | Director | 2001-05-29 | 2007-03-30 |
| PARTON, Janet Linda | Director | 2017-11-13 | 2023-08-04 |
| RICHES, Paul | Director | 2001-01-05 | 2001-06-20 |
| TOBIN, James Kieran | Director | 2000-02-22 | 2001-01-05 |
| TRAYNOR, Peter James | Director | 2001-01-05 | 2005-04-25 |
| VINALES, Michael Angelo | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2017-06-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Fabio Antonio Massimo Mantegazza | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2021-02-11 | Ceased 2022-12-21 |
| Mr Mario Albek | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-12-21 |
| Mr Sergio Antonio Mantegazza | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-11 |
| Mr Fabio Mantegazza | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-06-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-06-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-06-10 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2026-06-10 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2026-06-10 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2026-06-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-23 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.