ON THE BEACH GROUP PLC
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Cash
£143M
+2.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£164M
-10.1% vs 2024
Employees
507
-3.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£51M
-38.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £167,800,000 | £127,600,000 | -24% | |
| Operating profit | £110,300,000 | £6,700,000 | -93.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £83,000,000 | £51,100,000 | -38.4% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | |
| Cash | £139,500,000 | £142,900,000 | +2.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £182,500,000 | £164,100,000 | -10.1% | |
| Equity | £182,500,000 | £164,100,000 | -10.1% | |
| Average employees | 526 | 507 | -3.6% | |
| Wages | £26,000,000 | £26,300,000 | +1.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,017,000 | £1,560,000 | -22.7% |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 65.7% | 5.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.7% | 60.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.97x | 0.92x | |
| Interest cover | 45.96x | 2.58x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors consider that, at the time of approving the financial statements, the Group and Parent Company have a reasonable expectation that they have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Group structure
- ON THE BEACH GROUP PLC · parent
- On The Beach Limited 100%
- On The Beach Beds Limited 100%
- On The Beach Trustees Limited 100%
- Sunshine Abroad Limited 100%
- Prestige Holidays Limited 100%
- Travel agent Limited 100%
Significant events
- “As announced on 24 September 2025, the Board took the decision to cease the Classic Collection Holidays operation and to not attempt to sell the business. The business has been accounted for as a discontinued operation in these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VICKERSTAFF, Kirsteen | Secretary | 2015-08-17 | — | — |
| COOPER, Simon | Director | 2015-08-17 | Aug 1972 | British |
| GREENING, Justine, The Rt Hon | Director | 2021-03-04 | Apr 1969 | British |
| HARRIS, Zoe Elizabeth | Director | 2022-10-14 | Oct 1975 | British |
| MORTON, Shaun | Director | 2020-07-17 | Mar 1982 | British |
| O'DONNELL, Elaine Margaret | Director | 2018-07-02 | Jul 1970 | Irish,British |
| PENNYCOOK, Richard John | Director | 2019-04-01 | Feb 1964 | British |
| SELF, Victoria Ann | Director | 2025-02-03 | Jun 1970 | British |
| SHARMA, Veronica | Director | 2023-09-01 | Jan 1978 | British |
| WORMALD, Jonathan Michael | Director | 2023-06-30 | Sep 1977 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GINSBERG, Lee Dale | Director | 2015-08-17 | 2019-02-06 |
| KELLY, David Thomas, Dr | Director | 2015-10-05 | 2025-01-10 |
| MEEHAN, Paul Alan | Director | 2017-01-16 | 2020-07-17 |
| PARRY, Gwendoline | Director | 2015-08-17 | 2017-01-16 |
| SEGAL, Richard Lawrence | Director | 2015-08-17 | 2018-09-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-12-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-12-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-12-08 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-12-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-12-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-12-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-11-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-11-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-11-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-11-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-11-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-11-13 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-11-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-10-29 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-10-20 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-10-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-10-10 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 18
- 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.