JULES VERNE LTD
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Cash
£131k
-57.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4.2m
-15% vs 2024
Employees
38
-2.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£852k
-147.2% 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 | £25,310,455 | £25,092,991 | £22,866,998 | -8.9% | |
| Operating profit | £410,917 | £1,805,793 | -£852,264 | -147.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £410,917 | £1,805,793 | -£852,264 | -147.2% | |
| Net profit | £178,775 | £1,353,734 | -£640,414 | -147.3% | |
| Cash | £356,814 | £306,540 | £130,611 | -57.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,368,982 | £4,967,829 | £4,224,297 | -15% | |
| Net assets | £3,368,982 | £4,967,829 | £4,224,297 | -15% | |
| Equity | £3,368,982 | £4,967,829 | £4,224,297 | -15% | |
| Average employees | 35 | 39 | 38 | -2.6% | |
| Wages | — | £1,608,163 | £1 | -100% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £78,381 | £42,251 | -46.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £2,611 | £947 | -63.7% |
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 | 1.6% | 7.2% | -3.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 5.4% | -2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.2% | 36.3% | -20.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.8% | 55.4% | 56.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.43x | 1.80x | 1.76x |
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
- JULES VERNE LTD 2016-12-07 → present
- VOYAGES JULES VERNE LIMITED 1982-09-06 → 2016-12-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the Group and Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- JULES VERNE LTD · parent
- Jules Verne Transport Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 27 February 2025, Jules Verne Transport Limited entered into members' voluntary liquidation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOSTINA, Fin | Secretary | 2022-05-17 | — | — |
| QUINLISK, Matthew John | Director | 2022-08-19 | Jul 1982 | English |
| TORRILLA, Francis | Director | 2015-04-30 | Sep 1960 | English |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARR, Jacqueline | Secretary | 2016-12-07 | 2022-05-17 |
| GAFFEN, Rebecca Betty | Secretary | — | 1996-10-31 |
| MORRELL, Kim | Secretary | 1996-10-31 | 1998-12-11 |
| NORMAN, Mark Richard | Secretary | 2004-06-16 | 2015-04-30 |
| QUINLISK, Matthew John | Secretary | 2015-04-30 | 2016-12-07 |
| WRIGHT, Robin Edward | Secretary | 1998-12-11 | 2004-06-16 |
| BIGGS, Sue Anne Hilbre | Director | 2000-04-20 | 2007-06-30 |
| COGHLAN, Ian Grant Lake | Director | 1998-12-11 | 1999-09-30 |
| DIETHELM, Peter | Director | 1998-12-11 | 2005-06-30 |
| EDMUNDS, Joanna Catherine Marchand | Director | 2009-11-01 | 2012-05-11 |
| GAFFEN, Rebecca Betty | Director | 1993-04-05 | 1996-10-31 |
| HUGHES, Nicholas Beaumont Tudor | Director | 2007-08-15 | 2009-10-30 |
| JONES, Derek | Director | 2012-05-11 | 2022-08-19 |
| KATZ, Max Ernst | Director | 2005-06-30 | 2010-07-01 |
| MORRELL, Elizabeth Anne | Director | — | 1993-04-05 |
| MORRELL, Kim | Director | 1996-10-31 | 1998-12-11 |
| MORRELL, Philip | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| NORMAN, Mark Richard | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2015-04-30 |
| NORMAN, Mark Richard | Director | 2007-06-30 | 2007-08-15 |
| WRIGHT, Robin Edward | Director | 1999-09-30 | 2004-06-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Der Touristik Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-01-01 | Active |
| Rewe-Zentralfinanz Eg | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-04-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2025-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-05-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.