HOLIDAY GEMS LIMITED
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Cash
£453k
+37.4% vs 2024
Net assets
-£414k
-3.6% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
98
+6.5% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.2k
-98% first positive since 2021
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
6-year trend · vs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £8,213,319 | £21,492,487 | £28,067,715 | £26,410,645 | £18,839,260 | -28.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£356,569 | £17,591 | £77,786 | £33,985 | -£288,150 | -947.9% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£410,585 | £15,911 | £84,326 | £109,466 | £2,213 | -98% | |
| Net profit | — | -£458,458 | £202,941 | £21,426 | £29,509 | -£14,264 | -148.3% | |
| Cash | £2,462,400 | £5,972,616 | £234,222 | £162,159 | £329,430 | £452,658 | +37.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £530,923 | £62,602 | £265,543 | £339,865 | -£266,721 | -£264,508 | +0.8% | |
| Net assets | £521,060 | £62,602 | £265,543 | £286,969 | -£399,574 | -£413,838 | -3.6% | |
| Equity | £521,060 | £62,602 | £265,543 | £286,969 | -£399,574 | -£413,838 | -3.6% | |
| Average employees | 75 | 61 | 77 | 86 | 92 | 98 | +6.5% | |
| Wages | — | £835,832 | £1,212,575 | £934,497 | £1,376,920 | £579,466 | -57.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £127,809 | £47,213 | £108,747 | £102,139 | £110,234 | +7.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £NaN | £37,949 | £38,632 | £28,838 | -25.4% |
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 | — | -4.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.1% | -1.5% | |
| Net margin | — | -5.6% | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.1% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -569.6% | 6.6% | 22.9% | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 89.6% | 99.4% | 94.2% | 94.5% | 109.1% | 112.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.00x | 0.83x | 0.79x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 8.36x | — | 81.11x | — |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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.”
Significant events
- “The Company adopted a change in turnover recognition policy from a booking-date basis to a departure-date basis. This aligns the Company with wider Group reporting and ensures revenue is recognised in line with the delivery of travel services.”
- “A prior year adjustment has been recognised following a change of accounting policy to recognise turnover on departure date basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APPLEBY, Matthew David | Director | 2019-10-01 | Apr 1978 | British |
| BOTTERILL, Andrew Ian | Director | 2019-10-01 | Jun 1968 | British |
| CARTY, Tony Graham | Director | 2017-08-01 | Jul 1969 | British |
| EDWARDS, Jason William | Director | 2013-06-01 | Oct 1968 | British |
| FREETH, Andrew David | Director | 2025-01-20 | Aug 1975 | British |
| LAWTON, Mark David | Director | 2019-10-01 | Jan 1977 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| THORN, Andrew Charles | Secretary | 2006-05-22 | 2010-04-06 |
| BLACKWELL, Christopher | Director | 2013-04-30 | 2016-06-17 |
| CARTY, Tony Graham | Director | 2006-05-22 | 2010-04-06 |
| EDWARDS, Jason William | Director | 2010-04-06 | 2013-06-01 |
| EDWARDS, Paul Dylan | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2020-08-18 |
| LATHAM, Neil Alexander | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2018-12-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travcorp Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-13 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-22 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-08-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.