ABERCROMBIE & KENT LIMITED

1. ABERCROMBIE & KENT LIMITED 1984-04-27 → present
2. ABERCROMBIE & KENT (EUROPE) LIMITED 1972-11-17 → 1984-04-27

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

KPMG LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In determining the appropriate basis for preparation of the financial statements, the Directors are required to consider if it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting. As set out in Note 1.3, the Directors have concluded that given the indicated financial support of the parent company, the Company will have sufficient liquidity and will be able to meet its obligations as they fall due and accordingly have formed the judgement that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. ABERCROMBIE & KENT LIMITED · parent
   1. Private Travel Limited 100%
   2. The Private Travel Company (UK) Limited 100%

Significant events

• “The Company's trading performance improved during 2024 with the Company achieving sales of £98,922,000 (2023: £90,016,000), a 9.9% increase over the prior year level. Gross profit increased by 9.7% to £23,568,000 in 2024 (2023: £21,478,000), with margins on holidays being 23.8% (2023: 23.9%).”
• “Administrative expenses incurred in the year, totaled £29,055,000, an increase of 15.4% on 2023 levels, with payroll and marketing costs being the main contributing factors.”
• “As at the year end, the Company was in a net current liability position in the amount of £9,443,000 (2023: net current liabilities of £6,459,000). The Company was in an overall net liability position in the amount of £3,142,000 (2023: net liabilities of £3,707,000).”
• “During the year the company has supported the initiatives of A&K Philanthropy (AKP), the non-profit philanthropic arm of the wider A&K group. AKP is dedicated to positively impacting lives and livelihoods in the communities where our clients travel.”

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

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +9.9%

  £90,016,000 → £98,922,000

• Cash

  -41.3%

  £7,017,000 → £4,116,000

• Net assets

  +15.2%

  -£3,707,000 → -£3,142,000

• Employees

  +21.9%

  215 → 262

• Operating profit

  -48.7%

  -£3,690,000 → -£5,487,000

• Profit before tax

  -65.3%

  £1,457,000 → £505,000

• Wages

  +10.4%

  £13,121,000 → £14,482,000

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