CANTERBURY TRAVEL (LONDON) LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-21 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-11-07

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£10M

-15.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£23M

-20.7% vs 2023

Employees

+4.3% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£5M

+1.8% highest in 6 filed years

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

CANTERBURY TRAVEL (LONDON) LIMITED 1997-06-23 → present
CANTERBURY GROUP MANAGEMENTS LIMITED 1996-03-26 → 1997-06-23
CANTERBURY TRAVEL (LONDON) LIMITED 1970-11-30 → 1996-03-26

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

CANTERBURY TRAVEL (LONDON) LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2019-10-31	2019-11-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£13,310,515	—	£10,837,074	—	£18,787,268	—	£24,141,971	—	£29,986,726	£34,507,111
Operating profit	£2,823,885	—	£2,623,289	—	£4,860,309	—	£3,994,560	—	£4,411,266	£5,012,578
Profit before tax	£2,836,268	—	£2,501,061	—	£4,859,824	—	£4,104,471	—	£5,336,334	£5,433,538
Net profit	£2,485,518	—	£2,288,925	—	£4,759,193	—	£3,529,247	—	£4,079,342	£4,051,601
Cash	£9,065,326	—	£1,344,188	—	£8,045,454	—	£11,839,437	—	£11,565,923	£9,793,435
Total assets less current liabilities	£14,146,335	—	£16,523,790	—	£21,284,425	—	£24,791,720	—	£28,819,095	£22,967,552
Net assets	£14,125,710	—	£16,414,635	—	£21,173,828	—	£24,703,075	—	£28,782,417	£22,834,018
Equity	£14,125,710	£14,125,710	£16,414,635	£16,414,635	£21,173,828	£21,173,828	£24,703,075	£24,703,075	£28,782,417	£22,834,018
Average employees	53	—	53	—	34	—	40	—	47	49
Wages	£674,704	—	£966,002	—	£745,152	—	£1,431,528	—	£1,442,919	£1,658,010

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	2019-10-31	2019-11-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	21.2%	—	24.2%	—	25.9%	—	16.5%	—	14.7%	14.5%
Net margin	18.7%	—	21.1%	—	25.3%	—	14.6%	—	13.6%	11.7%
Return on capital employed	20.0%	—	15.9%	—	22.8%	—	16.1%	—	15.3%	21.8%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.74x	3.20x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	10021.26x	—	7894.39x	—	—	—

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: Sumer Auditco 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

CANTERBURY TRAVEL (LONDON) LIMITED · parent
1. Congress Team International (UK) Limited 100% · England & Wales · Transport brokerage
2. Kiinteisto Oy Luosto Villas 100% · Finland · Villa management
3. Kiinteisto Oy Fastak 100% · Finland · Dormant
4. A la Carte Laplan Oy 100% · Finland · Ground arrangement
5. As Oy Suomun Jahtituvat 100% · Finland · Dormant

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

People

3 active · 11 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
CASSIDY, Brian	Director	2018-11-02	Nov 1968	British
GREEN, Rick	Director	2018-11-02	Mar 1962	British
WILSON, Duncan Campbell	Director	2018-11-02	Sep 1958	British

Show 11 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
COLLINS, Dolores	Secretary	—	2018-11-02
OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	2018-11-02	2019-08-22
BANHAM, Jacqueline Elizabeth	Director	2014-03-04	2023-07-24
COLLINS, Adrian	Director	—	2010-06-01
COLLINS, Dolores	Director	—	2018-11-02
COLLINS, Tara Louise	Director	2009-11-24	2020-01-03
FOSTER, Jayne Amanda	Director	2009-11-24	2010-06-11
GOLDBERG, Arnold	Director	2004-06-08	2010-03-24
HALLER, Frederic Zachary	Director	2018-11-02	2019-02-28
HALLER, Robin Zachary	Director	2018-11-02	2019-02-28
PATTENDEN, Clifford Michael	Director	2018-11-02	2019-02-28

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Brooklyn Travel Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2018-11-02	Active
Dolores Collins	Individual	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2018-11-02
Ms Jacqueline Elizabeth Banham	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2016-04-06
Ms Tara Louise Collins	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2016-04-06

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 164 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-11-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-02-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-02-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-07-24	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-03-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-02-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-02-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-12-07	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current extended	PDF
2020-05-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-02-24	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2020-02-06	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2019-09-02	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2019-09-02	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2019-08-28	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2019-08-22	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	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.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

+15.1%

£29,986,726 £34,507,111

highest in 6 filed years
Cash

-15.3%

£11,565,923 £9,793,435
Net assets

-20.7%

£28,782,417 £22,834,018
Employees

+4.3%

47 49
Operating profit

+13.6%

£4,411,266 £5,012,578

highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax

+1.8%

£5,336,334 £5,433,538

highest in 6 filed years
Wages

+14.9%

£1,442,919 £1,658,010

highest in 6 filed years

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

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