WILDERNESS GROUP LTD — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2027-01-31 (in 8mo)

Last filed for 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-23 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-09-09

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£4M

-1.1% vs 2024

Net assets

£4M

+23.8% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

+10.3% highest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

£1M

+57.2% highest in 6 filed years

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

WILDERNESS GROUP LTD·Consumer Discretionary median · n=10325

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30

Metric	2020-04-30	2020-05-01	2021-04-30	2021-05-01	2022-04-30	2022-05-01	2023-04-30	2023-05-01	2024-04-30	2025-04-30
Turnover	£5,977,893	—	£338,471	—	£3,015,982	—	£8,166,142	—	£9,859,257	£11,852,613
Operating profit	£699,564	—	-£542,830	—	£394,818	—	£533,511	—	£679,781	£1,103,852
Profit before tax	£704,937	—	-£542,283	—	£392,682	—	£507,958	—	£708,409	£1,113,592
Net profit	£674,548	—	-£472,314	—	£348,636	—	£596,429	—	£584,921	£694,073
Cash	£1,757,021	—	£2,309,619	—	£4,533,048	—	£2,801,367	—	£3,612,892	£3,571,776
Total assets less current liabilities	£2,191,373	—	£1,656,284	—	£2,219,582	—	£2,791,594	—	£3,949,478	£4,727,571
Net assets	£1,855,706	—	£1,383,392	—	£1,732,028	—	£2,328,457	—	£2,913,378	£3,607,451
Equity	£1,855,706	£1,855,706	£1,383,392	£1,383,392	£1,732,028	£1,732,028	£2,328,457	£2,328,457	£2,913,378	£3,607,451
Average employees	35	—	31	—	31	—	48	—	58	64
Wages	£882,778	—	£764,086	—	£820,060	—	£1,345,918	—	£1,553,325	£1,924,877
Directors' remuneration	£126,668	—	£120,441	—	£125,033	—	£147,350	—	£85,000	£95,000

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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30

Turnover

+20.2%

£9,859,257 £11,852,613

highest in 6 filed years
Cash

-1.1%

£3,612,892 £3,571,776
Net assets

+23.8%

£2,913,378 £3,607,451

highest in 6 filed years
Employees

+10.3%

58 64

highest in 6 filed years
Operating profit

+62.4%

£679,781 £1,103,852

highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax

+57.2%

£708,409 £1,113,592

highest in 6 filed years
Wages

+23.9%

£1,553,325 £1,924,877

highest in 6 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	2020-04-30	2020-05-01	2021-04-30	2021-05-01	2022-04-30	2022-05-01	2023-04-30	2023-05-01	2024-04-30	2025-04-30
Operating margin	11.7%	—	-160.4%	—	13.1%	—	6.5%	—	6.9%	9.3%
Net margin	11.3%	—	-139.5%	—	11.6%	—	7.3%	—	5.9%	5.9%
Return on capital employed	31.9%	—	-32.8%	—	17.8%	—	19.1%	—	17.2%	23.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	68.8%	68.6%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.40x	1.44x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	163.96x	—	14.77x	—	253.84x	26.47x

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 1 time since incorporation

WILDERNESS GROUP LTD 2022-10-05 → present
WILDERNESS SCOTLAND LIMITED 2000-09-14 → 2022-10-05

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: White Hart Associates (London) 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

WILDERNESS GROUP LTD · parent
1. Wilderness Ireland Travel Limited 100% · Ireland · Travel agents and tour operators
2. Wilderness Travel Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Transport provider
3. Wilderness Scotland Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Transport provider
4. Wilderness England Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant

Significant events

“Since the year end, the Group has completed the acquisition of MV Luxury Travel Limited, an Edinburgh based tour operator, offering luxury custom tours across the UK and Ireland, which the Directors are confident will further support the growth of the Wilderness Group.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 5 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
CHRISTIE, Steven Burns	Director	2005-06-02	Mar 1976	British
EASTO, Paul	Director	2000-09-14	Jul 1973	Scottish
MCILRATH, Ian David Caldwell	Director	2019-08-22	Apr 1968	British

Show 5 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BIRNIE, Neil Robert	Secretary	2000-09-14	2012-12-01
BIRNIE, Gordon William Valentine	Director	2000-09-14	2018-09-07
BIRNIE, Neil Robert	Director	2000-09-14	2018-09-07
BIRNIE, Rona	Director	2001-04-05	2005-06-02
PEDDER-DAVIES, Andrew Giles	Director	2009-10-28	2018-09-07

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Active Travel Group Bidco Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2018-09-07	Active
Mr Neil Robert Birnie	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2018-09-07
Mr Paul Easto	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2018-09-07

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 118 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2022-10-05 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
2022-10-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-11-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-09-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-11-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-09-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-01-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-09-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-08-17	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2022-12-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-10-05	CERTNM	change-of-name	Certificate change of name company
2022-10-05	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2022-09-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-01-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-09-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-12-01	466(Scot)	mortgage	Mortgage alter floating charge with number
2020-11-25	466(Scot)	mortgage	Mortgage alter floating charge with number
2020-11-24	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2020-11-16	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2020-11-11	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2020-11-09	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2020-10-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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