TRAILFINDERS GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-24 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£296M
+15.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£437M
+10.9% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
1,107
+5.1% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£55M
-39.4% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-01 | 2021-02-28 | 2022-02-28 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £1,079,418,000 | £1,097,155,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £67,601,000 | £27,535,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £90,462,000 | £54,846,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £3,000,000 | — | £68,631,000 | £45,433,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £255,856,000 | £296,307,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £100,000 | £100,000 | £398,817,000 | £446,563,000 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £394,413,000 | £437,493,000 | |
| Equity | £100,000 | £100,000 | £100,000 | £394,413,000 | £437,493,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | 1,053 | 1,107 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £61,538,000 | £87,425,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £10,104,000 | £22,898,000 |
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 2025-02-28 vs 2024-02-29
-
Turnover
+1.6%
£1,079,418,000 £1,097,155,000
-
Cash
+15.8%
£255,856,000 £296,307,000
-
Net assets
+10.9%
£394,413,000 £437,493,000
-
Employees
+5.1%
1,053 1,107
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-59.3%
£67,601,000 £27,535,000
-
Profit before tax
-39.4%
£90,462,000 £54,846,000
-
Wages
+42.1%
£61,538,000 £87,425,000
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 | 2020-03-01 | 2021-02-28 | 2022-02-28 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 6.3% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 6.4% | 4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 17.0% | 6.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 48.4% | 49.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.76x | 1.65x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 1251.59x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- TRAILFINDERS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Trailfinders Limited 100%
- W8 Catering Limited 100%
- Trailfinders Ireland Limited 100%
- Trailfinders Pty. Limited 100%
- Trailfinders (Australia) Pty. Limited 100%
- Hinterland Aero Engineering Pty Limited 100%
- Bloomfield Wilderness Lodge Pty. Limited 100%
- Mount Louis Grazing Pty. Limited 100%
- Trailfinders (Services) Limited 100%
- Trailrovers Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the group made charitable donations of £14.4 million (2024: £7.5 million).”
- “We opened 2 new retail locations in Ealing and Windsor to better serve our Clients and we moved our London City Travel Centre to an improved location.”
- “In line with the group's policy of acquiring freehold rather than leasehold for its travel centres, 1 freehold property was purchased during the year - in Kingston.”
- “We have also now made a second SAF investment in Carbon Neutral Fuels (CNF) in November 2024.”
- “A contract for the sale of Bloomfield Lodge to an unrelated party was entered into in February 2025. Settlement of the sale took place in May 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'DOWD, John Christopher | Secretary | 2025-08-26 | — | — |
| GOOLEY, Michael David William, Sir | Director | 2001-12-19 | Oct 1936 | British |
| LEE, Edwin Robert | Director | 2002-01-02 | Aug 1949 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANNISTER, Mark | Secretary | 2001-12-19 | 2018-09-20 |
| COMBER, Lawrence David | Secretary | 2019-03-01 | 2025-08-26 |
| MARECHAL, Elodie Deborah | Secretary | 2018-09-20 | 2019-02-28 |
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-12-19 | 2001-12-19 |
| BANNISTER, Mark | Director | 2001-12-19 | 2018-09-20 |
| RUSSELL, Anthony Martin | Director | 2001-12-19 | 2018-12-31 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-12-19 | 2001-12-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael David William Gooley | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-17 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2020-07-17 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2019-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-03-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.