EVAN EVANS TOURS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-17 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£251K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£14M
Equity attributable
Employees
52
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£2M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,986,033 | £28,072,514 | |
| Operating profit | -£384,481 | -£2,249,218 | |
| Profit before tax | -£354,763 | -£2,203,278 | |
| Net profit | -£899,881 | -£2,291,710 | |
| Cash | £2,197,450 | £250,760 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£11,316,741 | -£13,661,346 | |
| Net assets | -£11,729,813 | -£14,021,523 | |
| Equity | -£11,729,813 | -£14,021,523 | |
| Average employees | 49 | 52 | |
| Wages | £1,777,431 | £2,586,687 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.5% | -8.0% | |
| Net margin | -3.5% | -8.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.4% | 16.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 270.9% | 309.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.34x | 0.30x |
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
- UK-adopted international accounting standards
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the year end, the Company had net liabilities of £14,021,523 and net current liabilities of £14,232,354. It manages its day to day and medium-term funding requirements through cash balances. These cash balances are forecast to provide sufficient liquidity to finance seasonal cash flows in the ordinary course of business. Consequently, the directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The Group was acquired by Apollo-managed funds on 31st October 2024. The acquisition was done through a newly established holding structure, with debt financing held in three US entities: Horizon US FinCo LP, Horizon US HoldCo Inc & Uniworld HoldCo Inc. The Apollo funds invested equity into the acquisition structure through AP Horizon Holdings SCSp. These funds were transferred down through a series of investments in holding companies namely Horizon TopCo Ltd, Horizon Guernsey HoldCo Ltd, Horizon Midco 1 Ltd, Horizon Midco 2 Ltd and The Travel Corporation Bidco Limited (formerly Project Horizon Bidco UK Ltd). A further $50m is to be paid to the Seller as a deferred consideration over 5 years in equal payments on 31st October each year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWIE, Derek Ivol David | Secretary | 1995-01-17 | — | British |
| HOWIE, Derek Ivol David | Director | 1997-06-02 | Apr 1965 | British |
| MACKLIN, Thomas | Director | 2019-06-05 | Jan 1983 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIBB, Howard Maxwell | Secretary | 1994-10-07 | 1995-01-17 |
| GODFRAY, Terence William | Secretary | — | 1994-10-07 |
| AGERBERT, Anna Maria Therese | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2018-09-11 |
| BEACOM, Graham Fawcett | Director | — | 1995-01-31 |
| BOULDING, John Stephen | Director | 2007-03-30 | 2008-05-01 |
| CHAPMAN, Annaliesa | Director | 2017-01-29 | 2018-02-19 |
| DUTHIE, Robin, Sir | Director | — | 1994-12-08 |
| GIBB, Howard Maxwell | Director | 2006-03-07 | 2007-03-30 |
| GIBB, Howard Maxwell | Director | 1995-01-09 | 1997-09-01 |
| HOSKING, David Dargaville | Director | 1995-01-09 | 1997-06-02 |
| LUMLEY, Elaine Ann | Director | 2006-03-07 | 2016-01-15 |
| RATCLIFFE, Nicola Jane | Director | 2016-01-25 | 2017-01-26 |
| TARSH, Derek Nicholas | Director | — | 1995-04-14 |
| WAYLING, Stephen John | Director | 1995-01-31 | 2008-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insight Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-05-01 | Active |
| Ms Victoria Tollman O'Hana | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-08-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-10-12 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-12 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-12 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-12 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2023-10-10 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2023-10-10 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2023-10-10 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2023-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-22 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2022-09-26 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2022-09-26 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2022-09-26 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2022-08-21 | 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31