EXODUS TRAVELS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-27 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£25M
-5.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
-48.3% vs 2024
Employees
182
+4.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£9M
-10.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- EXODUS TRAVELS LIMITED 1977-12-31 → present
- TOURGLADE LIMITED 1973-12-07 → 1977-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £73,016,000 | £71,197,000 | |
| Operating profit | £10,431,000 | £8,756,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £10,087,000 | £8,984,000 | |
| Net profit | £10,958,000 | £6,272,000 | |
| Cash | £26,830,000 | £25,430,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,515,000 | £4,383,000 | |
| Net assets | £7,715,000 | £3,987,000 | |
| Equity | £7,715,000 | £3,987,000 | |
| Average employees | 174 | 182 | |
| Wages | £7,473,000 | £7,260,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.3% | 12.3% | |
| Net margin | 15.0% | 8.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 122.5% | 199.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.6% | 89.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | 30.32x | 972.89x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As part of their assessment of going concern, the Directors of the Company have considered the liquidity position and funding requirements of both the Company and its Group for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the approval of the financial statements, to determine the appropriateness of preparing the financial statements on a going concern basis. ... As such, the Directors of the Company have concluded that it is appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “One key decision taken by the Directors and the ELT in the financial year ending 30 September 2024 was to sell the Events, the Education and the Tailormade divisions.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COWDRY, Sally Ann | Director | 2024-12-16 | May 1968 | British |
| ISAACS, Richard William | Director | 2018-02-05 | Jul 1975 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURLINSON, David Edward | Secretary | — | 1999-08-16 |
| GORDON, Catherine | Secretary | 1999-08-16 | 2002-06-27 |
| WALTER, Joyce | Secretary | 2002-06-27 | 2015-12-18 |
| BEARD, Matthew Andrew | Director | 2011-07-13 | 2015-07-10 |
| BERKETT, Neil Anthony | Director | 1999-08-16 | 2001-07-12 |
| BLASTLAND, Dermot | Director | 2002-06-27 | 2006-08-07 |
| BURLINSON, David Edward | Director | — | 1999-08-16 |
| BURLINSON, Jane Dorothy | Director | — | 1999-08-16 |
| BURRELL, Peter James | Director | 2002-05-31 | 2018-01-23 |
| DOLBY, Anita Louise | Director | 2002-05-31 | 2006-09-13 |
| ETTINGER, Powell Ernest Leo | Director | 2002-05-31 | 2005-07-31 |
| GILLESPIE, David Roy | Director | — | 2006-08-07 |
| GILLIES, Clare | Director | — | 1999-08-16 |
| GILLIES, John | Director | — | 1999-08-16 |
| GORDON, Catherine | Director | 1996-08-01 | 2018-03-27 |
| JOHN, Andrew Lloyd | Director | 2002-06-27 | 2011-07-15 |
| LAGERWEIJ, Hans Bernard | Director | 2015-06-23 | 2017-08-31 |
| MEE, Darren | Director | 2006-08-07 | 2011-07-15 |
| PETROULAS, Peter | Director | 2000-12-04 | 2001-05-15 |
| RICHARDS, Colin Bryan | Director | 2004-03-09 | 2006-10-24 |
| SEWARD, Samuel Michael | Director | 2018-01-23 | 2024-12-16 |
| SHAPTER, Martyn John | Director | 2011-07-13 | 2012-07-31 |
| STUMP, Colin Raymond | Director | 2005-06-06 | 2010-12-31 |
| WILKINS, James Michael | Director | — | 1993-01-31 |
| WIMBLETON, John Christopher | Director | 2006-08-07 | 2011-07-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travelopia Adventure Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-01-11 | Active |
| Trek Investco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-01-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 208 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-03-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-03-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-03-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
-2.5%
£73,016,000 £71,197,000
-
Cash
-5.2%
£26,830,000 £25,430,000
-
Net assets
-48.3%
£7,715,000 £3,987,000
-
Employees
+4.6%
174 182
-
Operating profit
-16.1%
£10,431,000 £8,756,000
-
Profit before tax
-10.9%
£10,087,000 £8,984,000
-
Wages
-2.9%
£7,473,000 £7,260,000
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