SAGA CRUISES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-18 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+71.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+119.1% vs 2024
Employees
124
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£31M
+80.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £210,005,000 | £235,382,000 | |
| Operating profit | £31,399,000 | £46,287,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £17,398,000 | £31,462,000 | |
| Net profit | £17,383,000 | £31,446,000 | |
| Cash | £2,641,000 | £4,526,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £281,047,000 | £272,113,000 | |
| Net assets | -£27,592,000 | £5,270,000 | |
| Equity | -£27,592,000 | £5,270,000 | |
| Average employees | 124 | 124 | |
| Wages | £5,517,000 | £6,057,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £774,000 | £866,000 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
+12.1%
£210,005,000 £235,382,000
-
Cash
+71.4%
£2,641,000 £4,526,000
-
Net assets
+119.1%
-£27,592,000 £5,270,000
-
Employees
0%
124 124
-
Operating profit
+47.4%
£31,399,000 £46,287,000
-
Profit before tax
+80.8%
£17,398,000 £31,462,000
-
Wages
+9.8%
£5,517,000 £6,057,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.0% | 19.7% | |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 13.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.2% | 17.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 106.0% | 98.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.66x | 0.83x | |
| Interest cover | 2.24x | 3.12x |
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
- SAGA CRUISES LIMITED 2016-06-29 → present
- ACROMAS SHIPPING LIMITED 2009-02-10 → 2016-06-29
- SAGA SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED 1996-12-11 → 2009-02-10
- IBIS (338) LIMITED 1996-10-24 → 1996-12-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- SAGA CRUISES LIMITED · parent
- Saga Cruises V Limited 1%
- Saga Cruises VI Limited 1%
- Saga Crewing Services Limited 1%
Significant events
- “The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is now in effect. Within the EU, cruise operators are required to purchase allowances for all ships that dock in EU ports. This was introduced on 1 January 2024. The Fuel EU Maritime Regulation came into effect on 1 January 2025 and was applicable for one month of these financial statements.”
- “On 30 January 2025, the Group announced that it had agreed new credit facilities, comprising a £335.0m term loan facility, a £100.0m DDTL facility and a £50.0m RCF. The term loan facility and DDTL facility both mature on 29 January 2031 and the RCF matures on 29 July 2030. Subsequent to the year end, on 27 February 2025, the Group drew down the £335.0m term loan facility and utilised the proceeds to repay the £250.0m senior unsecured notes maturing in July 2026, and the £75.0m drawn under the £85.0m loan facility provided by Roger De Haan.”
- “Since the year end, on 15 May 2025, the Saga Plc Group successfully syndicated £33.4m of the new £50.0m RCF credit facility, with the remaining £16.6m being rolled into the £100.0m delayed-draw term loan.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEMPSTER, Donna Louise | Secretary | 2022-10-14 | — | — |
| BLANKS, Nigel Owen | Director | 2020-10-01 | Aug 1967 | British |
| COLLINS, Frances Charlotte | Director | 2022-01-13 | Jan 1977 | British |
| HARWOOD, Andrew Joseph | Director | 2022-03-18 | Dec 1967 | British |
| HAZELL, Michael Robert | Director | 2023-10-19 | Jun 1973 | British |
| WATKINS, Mark | Director | 2024-03-21 | Dec 1980 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, John | Secretary | 2006-12-11 | 2012-08-17 |
| FRASER, Richard John | Secretary | 1997-01-09 | 2004-10-26 |
| HAYNES, Victoria | Secretary | 2013-07-31 | 2022-10-14 |
| HOWARD, Stuart Michael | Secretary | 2004-10-26 | 2005-03-30 |
| SCOTT, Robert James | Secretary | 2005-03-31 | 2006-12-12 |
| STRINGER, Andrew Paul | Secretary | 2012-08-17 | 2013-07-31 |
| TSD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-10-24 | 1997-01-09 |
| ALLAN, Thomas | Director | 2012-01-27 | 2022-01-13 |
| BATCHELOR, Lance Henry Lowe | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2020-02-28 |
| CLENCH, Rodney | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2008-04-23 |
| COGHLAN, Ian Grant Lake | Director | 2008-09-19 | 2010-04-16 |
| CONOLLY, Ronald | Director | 1996-12-13 | 2004-10-15 |
| DONALD, Alan Charles | Director | 2014-09-22 | 2018-08-17 |
| DUGUID, James Ian | Director | 1999-03-08 | 2013-12-05 |
| EVANS, David Sargeant | Director | 2003-03-01 | 2012-02-03 |
| FETTEN, Peter | Director | 2009-02-02 | 2009-12-14 |
| FURLONG, Arthur Ross Warden | Director | 1998-09-16 | 2015-02-09 |
| HILL, Jonathan Stanley | Director | 2016-01-25 | 2018-09-28 |
| HOOPER, Susan Mary | Director | 2009-05-06 | 2013-11-29 |
| JENKINS, Stephen Adrian | Director | 2018-09-19 | 2021-01-08 |
| LAVERSUCH, Grant | Director | 2003-03-01 | 2013-04-05 |
| MEIKLE, Richard Gray | Director | 2013-12-05 | 2015-10-31 |
| QUIN, James Barrington | Director | 2019-01-22 | 2023-10-19 |
| SHAW, Peter Robin | Director | 2010-04-20 | 2020-06-25 |
| SIMKINS, Ian | Director | 2022-09-12 | 2024-01-31 |
| STACE, Nick Charles | Director | 2020-12-03 | 2022-01-31 |
| STRONG, Andrew Jonathan Peter | Director | 2013-12-01 | 2017-12-01 |
| SUTHERLAND, Euan Angus | Director | 2020-03-23 | 2023-11-28 |
| SYKES, Ted Lewis | Director | 1997-01-09 | 1998-09-14 |
| VOGEL, Richard Jakod | Director | 2016-05-24 | 2017-12-31 |
| WATKINS, Mark | Director | 2021-01-21 | 2022-03-18 |
| TSD NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-10-24 | 1996-12-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St&H Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-01-31 | Active |
| St&H Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 219 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.