BARRHEAD TRAVEL SERVICE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-30 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£33M
+27.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£5M
+31.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
566
+7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3M
+43.4% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £56,868,716 | — | £80,727,017 | £89,850,048 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£2,155,815 | — | £1,703,759 | £2,135,037 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £3,406,986 | — | £2,187,550 | £3,137,766 | |
| Net profit | — | £4,095,757 | — | £4,775,874 | £2,289,721 | |
| Cash | — | £18,377,356 | — | £25,768,580 | £32,802,192 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£6,065,699 | — | -£1,289,825 | -£5,055,104 | |
| Net assets | — | -£12,120,699 | — | -£7,344,825 | -£5,055,104 | |
| Equity | -£16,216,456 | -£12,120,699 | -£12,120,699 | -£7,344,825 | -£5,055,104 | |
| Average employees | — | 479 | — | 529 | 566 | |
| Wages | — | £11,971,378 | — | £15,152,440 | £16,939,942 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £305,647 | — | £511,998 | £457,412 |
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
-
Turnover
+11.3%
£80,727,017 £89,850,048
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+27.3%
£25,768,580 £32,802,192
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+31.2%
-£7,344,825 -£5,055,104
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+7%
529 566
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+25.3%
£1,703,759 £2,135,037
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+43.4%
£2,187,550 £3,137,766
-
Wages
+11.8%
£15,152,440 £16,939,942
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -3.8% | — | 2.1% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 7.2% | — | 5.9% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 35.5% | — | -132.1% | -42.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.92x | 0.87x | |
| Interest cover | — | -431163.00x | — | 27043.79x | 125590.41x |
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
- 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.”
Group structure
- BARRHEAD TRAVEL SERVICE LIMITED · parent
- Travel Transportation Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “opened our third location in Northern Ireland, in the suburb town of Newtownabbey.”
- “further investment in our retail network including four store upgrades in Scotland: Braehead, The Gyle, Newton Mearns, and Glasgow Forge.”
- “feature in the 100 Best Companies to Work in the UK, moving up 18 positions to place 62nd in the UK listings.”
- “took the title of Best Large Agency in Scotland at the esteemed Travel Weekly Agent Achievement Awards and, for the third consecutive year, we were named Best Retail Agent at the UK's Wave Awards”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR, Stuart Munro Gibson | Secretary | 2015-06-30 | — | — |
| DARAS, Helena | Director | 2021-04-30 | Jul 1979 | American |
| DOBSON, Jacqueline | Director | 2018-12-19 | Jul 1974 | British |
| KLUG, Robert Adam | Director | 2025-11-03 | May 1967 | Canadian |
| O'HARA, John Douglas | Director | 2018-12-19 | Apr 1975 | American,Canadian |
| TAYLOR, Stuart Munro Gibson | Director | 2018-12-19 | Dec 1970 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, David Palmer | Secretary | 2009-05-04 | 2013-10-03 |
| MAIR, Graham James Robert | Secretary | 2015-05-13 | 2015-06-30 |
| MORRISSON, Thomas Craig | Secretary | — | 2003-12-19 |
| PATTISON, Gordon Frederick | Secretary | 2004-03-11 | 2009-05-04 |
| WALKER, Douglas | Secretary | 2013-10-03 | 2015-05-13 |
| ALTSCHUL, Sara | Director | 2018-12-19 | 2021-04-30 |
| BREEN, Karen Ann | Director | 2013-10-03 | 2018-02-06 |
| CHACKO, Ninan | Director | 2018-02-06 | 2020-01-09 |
| DAVIS, David Palmer | Director | 2012-08-28 | 2013-10-03 |
| DOBSON, Jacqueline | Director | 2013-10-03 | 2018-02-06 |
| GRIMMETT, Gail | Director | 2018-02-06 | 2018-05-11 |
| MAIR, Graham James Robert | Director | 2015-05-13 | 2015-06-30 |
| MUNRO, Donald Hume | Director | — | 2013-11-28 |
| MUNRO, Sharon Margaret Taylor | Director | 1999-10-18 | 2019-01-31 |
| MUNRO, William Alexander Hume | Director | — | 2018-12-14 |
| RIZZI, Gabriel Thomas | Director | 2021-07-30 | 2025-10-28 |
| RIZZI, Gabriel Thomas | Director | 2021-04-30 | 2021-07-30 |
| TAIWO, Adekunle Adewale | Director | 2018-02-06 | 2018-12-18 |
| TAYLOR, Julie Denise | Director | 2013-10-03 | 2018-02-06 |
| TAYLOR, Stuart Munro Gibson | Director | 2015-06-30 | 2018-02-06 |
| WALKER, Douglas | Director | 2013-10-03 | 2015-05-13 |
| WINTERTON, Andrew James | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2018-11-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrhead Travel 2007 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-02-06 | Active |
| Miss Sharon Margaret Taylor Munro | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-02-06 |
| Mr William Alexander Hume Munro | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-02-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 179 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-09 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-07-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.