MIKE BURTON TRAVEL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-17 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£35M
highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1M
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£556K
highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-04-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £6,844,438 | £33,060,747 | £7,755,423 | |
| Operating profit | — | £28,978 | £449,922 | £1,160 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £70,914 | £529,748 | £555,849 | |
| Net profit | — | £56,308 | £544,354 | £416,887 | |
| Cash | — | £11,500,120 | £1,005,218 | £34,664,037 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,840,732 | £657,801 | £1,074,688 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,815,732 | £657,801 | £1,074,688 | |
| Equity | £3,759,424 | £3,815,732 | £657,801 | £1,074,688 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-04-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 0.4% | 1.4% | 0.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.8% | 1.6% | 5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 0.8% | 68.4% | 0.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.04x | 1.02x | |
| Interest cover | — | 2.05x | — | — |
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 3 times since incorporation
- MIKE BURTON TRAVEL LIMITED 2000-04-05 → present
- MIKE BURTON SPORTS TRAVEL LIMITED 1992-01-29 → 2000-04-05
- MIKE BURTON (SPORTSGLOBE) LIMITED 1991-07-26 → 1992-01-29
- BRINKDRIVE LIMITED 1991-06-03 → 1991-07-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In determining the appropriate basis for preparation of the financial statements, the Directors are required to consider if it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting. For the reasons set out in Note 2.3, the Directors have concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The business is cyclical and individual results depend on major events taking place within each year. The year was in line with expectations, with the next major event occuring in 2025.”
- “Work continues on a number of events that will come to a conclusion over the next few years, including the British and Irish Lions tour in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEMINGWAY, Paul Andrew | Director | 2023-10-02 | Apr 1971 | British |
| HOPWOOD, Justin David | Director | 2020-01-13 | Oct 1974 | British |
| NEVIN, Mark Christopher | Director | 2023-10-10 | Aug 1957 | British |
| SOMERSET, Ian James | Director | 2026-04-14 | Nov 1979 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, Ian Raymond | Secretary | 1991-07-22 | 2022-04-27 |
| CCS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-06-03 | 1991-07-22 |
| BURTON, Andrew Paul | Director | 1992-07-06 | 2015-11-05 |
| BURTON, George Michael | Director | 2020-07-21 | 2023-10-02 |
| BURTON, Louise Fiona Jane | Director | 2020-07-21 | 2023-10-02 |
| BURTON, Michael Alan | Director | 1991-07-22 | 2023-10-02 |
| BURTON, Rhys Joseph | Director | 2020-07-21 | 2023-10-02 |
| EDWARDS, Ian Raymond | Director | 1991-07-22 | 2022-04-27 |
| FOWLER, Julie Anne | Director | 1992-07-06 | 1994-08-31 |
| CCS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-06-03 | 1991-07-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mike Burton Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-07 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-10-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.