BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2m
-7.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.1m
+3.7% vs 2024
Employees
5
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£39k
-15.7% first positive since 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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7 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £737,966 | £598,110 | £747,271 | £876,308 | £918,590 | £928,058 | +1% | |
| Operating profit | -£68,973 | -£130,835 | -£18,259 | £19,104 | £17,447 | £7,584 | -56.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£67,992 | -£130,519 | -£16,359 | £40,002 | £46,755 | £39,414 | -15.7% | |
| Net profit | -£67,992 | -£130,519 | -£16,359 | £40,002 | £46,755 | £39,414 | -15.7% | |
| Cash | £1,139,201 | £1,155,170 | £1,230,555 | £1,234,435 | £1,272,255 | £1,179,277 | -7.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,122,668 | £992,149 | £975,790 | £1,015,792 | £1,062,546 | £1,101,960 | +3.7% | |
| Net assets | £1,122,668 | £992,149 | £975,790 | £1,015,792 | £1,062,546 | £1,101,960 | +3.7% | |
| Equity | £1,122,668 | £992,149 | £975,790 | £1,015,792 | £1,062,546 | £1,101,960 | +3.7% | |
| Average employees | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -9.3% | -21.9% | -2.4% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | -9.2% | -21.8% | -2.2% | 4.6% | 5.1% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.1% | -13.2% | -1.9% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 0.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.4% | 30.5% | 36.9% | 33.1% | 26.8% | 20.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 3.71x | 4.90x |
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
- BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION LIMITED 2019-12-09 → present
- THE GUILD OF TRAVEL MANAGEMENT COMPANIES LIMITED 2005-02-03 → 2019-12-09
- THE GUILD OF BUSINESS TRAVEL AGENTS LIMITED 1987-12-18 → 2005-02-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- White Hart Associates (London) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Company management and the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least the following 12 months from the signing of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 81 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BANKS, Stephen John | Director | 2026-06-03 | Jun 1970 | British |
| BURNETT, Murray John | Director | 2022-09-26 | Jun 1970 | British |
| DOBSON, Joanna | Director | 2026-02-18 | May 1977 | British |
| EDWARDS-LOCKE, Jodie | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jan 1986 | British |
| FITZGERALD, Donna Marie | Director | 2025-09-30 | Jun 1968 | British |
| GREENFIELD, Joanna Michelle | Director | 2025-07-01 | Jul 1973 | British |
| HAMMAD, Saad Hassan | Director | 2020-01-17 | Oct 1962 | British |
| HARRISON, Kevin John | Director | 2022-09-26 | Aug 1966 | British |
| O'NEILL, Douglas | Director | 2020-01-17 | Nov 1970 | British |
| PENNY, Justin Peter | Director | 2026-06-19 | Jun 1980 | British |
| POVEY, Gary Ralph | Director | 2025-07-01 | Aug 1974 | British |
| REGAN, Nichola Joanne | Director | 2025-11-10 | Aug 1968 | British |
| WORMERSLEY, Claire | Director | 2026-02-19 | Apr 1972 | British |
Show 81 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARLISLE, Philip Hugh | Secretary | 1996-04-01 | 2010-01-01 |
| GODFREY, Anne Catherine | Secretary | 2010-01-01 | 2012-08-06 |
| REYNOLDS, David Kinsey | Secretary | — | 1996-05-31 |
| WILLIAMSON, Mervyn John | Secretary | 2012-08-06 | 2025-09-30 |
| ALLAN, Edwin Paul | Director | — | 2019-09-01 |
| ALLEN, Stephen David | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2017-02-01 |
| ALLEN, Stephen David | Director | 2012-01-30 | 2014-09-30 |
| ATWAL, Varinder | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2025-10-14 |
| AXON-BOYES, Brian | Director | — | 1995-02-10 |
| BARLOW, Derek | Director | 2006-01-24 | 2010-01-20 |
| BARRASS, Steven Robert | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2022-06-01 |
| BATY, Maria | Director | 2019-01-31 | 2024-05-08 |
| BOARDMAN, Richard James | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2022-09-26 |
| BOARDMAN, Richard James | Director | 2007-01-23 | 2014-02-01 |
| BOARDMAN, Richard James | Director | 2001-01-23 | 2004-01-20 |
| BRANNAN, Edward Eric | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| BROMFIELD, Alan Robert | Director | — | 1995-01-25 |
| CARRIVICK, Michael Richard | Director | 1995-01-25 | 1999-12-31 |
| CLARKE, Andrew | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2020-12-01 |
| COLES, Alan John | Director | 2003-01-21 | 2007-01-23 |
| COLES, Alan John | Director | 1999-01-26 | 2002-01-22 |
| COOK, Katherine | Director | 2015-02-01 | 2016-03-31 |
| CRAMPTON, Rachel | Director | 1998-01-27 | 2001-01-23 |
| CULLEN, Paula | Director | 2012-01-30 | 2013-01-01 |
| DIAZ, James Fernando | Director | 2023-09-15 | 2024-10-16 |
| DRUMMOND, Peter John | Director | 2010-01-20 | 2017-01-25 |
| ELLIOTT, John Michael | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| ELSWOOD, Trevor James | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2019-11-14 |
| FAUVEL, Patricia Thelma | Director | 2006-01-24 | 2010-01-20 |
| FLACK, Graham Norman | Director | 1994-01-19 | 2008-03-11 |
| FURNESS, Richard Donald | Director | 2004-01-20 | 2006-09-30 |
| GALANTY, Chris Adrian | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2022-09-26 |
| GERSHON, Katherine Helen | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2023-09-08 |
| GIBBS, Michael Raymond | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2022-09-26 |
| GILES, David Anthony | Director | 2013-03-04 | 2017-01-25 |
| GILES, David Anthony | Director | 1996-01-23 | 2001-01-23 |
| HARE, Michael John | Director | 2002-01-22 | 2015-02-02 |
| HARTWELL, Kieran Charles | Director | 2022-09-26 | 2024-05-20 |
| HIBBERT, Andrew John | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2015-02-02 |
| HORNER, Suzanne Helen | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2025-03-26 |
| HUGHES, Anthony John | Director | 1993-02-07 | 2002-02-28 |
| HUTCHINSON-CHAMBERS, Louise | Director | 2025-09-30 | 2026-02-18 |
| KNIGHTS, Adam James | Director | 2021-03-12 | 2023-09-08 |
| KNIGHTS, Adam James | Director | 2020-01-17 | 2021-03-11 |
| LOVELL, Richard Grahame | Director | 2001-01-23 | 2008-01-23 |
| LOVELL, Richard Grahame | Director | 1996-02-15 | 2000-01-25 |
| LUNN, John Donald | Director | 1998-01-27 | 2005-01-25 |
| LUNN, John Donald | Director | — | 1997-01-28 |
| MCDONAGH, Patrick Martin | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| MCGETRICK, Simone Faye | Director | 2007-09-25 | 2009-07-21 |
| MCLEOD, Gary Derek | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2020-02-24 |
| MENDOLA, Francesca Giancarla | Director | 2025-04-02 | 2026-01-01 |
| MOORE, David Charles | Director | 2012-01-30 | 2017-01-25 |
| MURRAY, Adam | Director | 2022-09-26 | 2026-02-19 |
| MYLES, James Fraser | Director | 1997-01-28 | 2000-01-25 |
| O'SULLIVAN, John Barry | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-06 |
| PARKHOUSE, James | Director | 2025-04-02 | 2025-10-30 |
| PARKHOUSE, James | Director | 2020-01-17 | 2023-04-05 |
| PATON, George Andrew | Director | — | 1999-01-26 |
| PLATT, Michael Maurice | Director | 1994-01-19 | 2008-06-30 |
| RAMSEY, Graham John | Director | 2006-01-24 | 2018-01-24 |
| RISSBROOK, Anthony Edward | Director | 2010-01-20 | 2018-07-19 |
| SMOOTHY, Polly Nicola | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2021-02-01 |
| SMOOTHY, Polly Nicola | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2019-02-12 |
| SODHA, Ajaya Gordhandas | Director | 2009-01-21 | 2018-05-31 |
| SOMMER, Charles Ernest Rochelle | Director | 2000-01-25 | 2004-11-01 |
| SPENCE, Alan David | Director | 1992-02-07 | 2012-01-31 |
| STEWART, Valentine Taylor | Director | — | 1996-01-23 |
| THOMPSON, Roger John | Director | — | 1998-01-27 |
| TONGE, Rachel Jade | Director | 2023-09-15 | 2025-07-01 |
| VERONIQUE, Maurice Anthony | Director | 2006-01-24 | 2012-06-30 |
| WALLER, Andrew John | Director | 2008-01-23 | 2011-12-31 |
| WATTERS, Anna | Director | 2025-07-01 | 2026-02-19 |
| WHITE, Adam Colin Kirby | Director | 2012-07-07 | 2021-03-08 |
| WHITE, Adam Colin Kirby | Director | 2009-01-21 | 2010-01-20 |
| WHITE, Adam Colin Kirby | Director | 2000-01-25 | 2005-12-13 |
| WHITTAKER, David Ronald | Director | 2000-01-25 | 2005-01-25 |
| WHITTAKER, David Ronald | Director | — | 1998-01-27 |
| WILLIAMS, Vicki | Director | 2023-09-15 | 2026-02-01 |
| WILLIAMSON, Mervyn John | Director | 2011-01-18 | 2025-09-30 |
| WRATTEN, Clive Richard | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2019-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 289 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 6
- Officers resigned
- 7
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.