ALTHAMS TRAVEL SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-11 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+11.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+7.6% vs 2024
Employees
222
+4.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£833K
-36% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £116,424,474 | £115,830,558 | |
| Operating profit | — | £760,786 | £457,877 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,301,578 | £832,652 | |
| Net profit | — | £985,934 | £636,005 | |
| Cash | — | £6,918,600 | £7,703,088 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £7,418,317 | £7,963,652 | |
| Net assets | — | £5,666,364 | £6,094,198 | |
| Equity | — | £5,666,364 | £6,094,198 | |
| Average employees | — | 212 | 222 | |
| Wages | — | £4,973,633 | £5,260,587 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 0.7% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.8% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 10.3% | 5.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 64.3% | 64.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.21x | 1.25x | |
| Interest cover | — | 7.72x | 7.62x |
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
- S & W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of these projections the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the next 12 months and accordingly they continue to adopt the going concern basis for the preparation of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 17th November 2025 the company completed the acquisition of the whole of the share capital of Garstang Travel Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, John Michael | Director | 1995-09-26 | Feb 1944 | British |
| GARRETT, Michael Geoffrey | Director | 2023-07-01 | Oct 1960 | British |
| MASON, Karen Blanche | Director | 2018-02-27 | Jan 1959 | British |
| MCALLISTER, Alison Sandra | Director | 2000-11-29 | Dec 1963 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, David Michael | Secretary | — | 2016-11-09 |
| MASON, Karen Blanche | Secretary | 2018-02-27 | 2024-08-27 |
| GRIFFIN, Jacqueline | Director | 2015-05-27 | 2023-03-28 |
| KAY, Peter Sellers | Director | — | 1995-09-20 |
| KNAGG, Alfred David | Director | — | 2021-01-31 |
| STARKIE, Edward Arthur | Director | — | 2018-01-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
-0.5%
£116,424,474 £115,830,558
-
Cash
+11.3%
£6,918,600 £7,703,088
-
Net assets
+7.6%
£5,666,364 £6,094,198
-
Employees
+4.7%
212 222
-
Operating profit
-39.8%
£760,786 £457,877
-
Profit before tax
-36%
£1,301,578 £832,652
-
Wages
+5.8%
£4,973,633 £5,260,587
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers