JOURNEY LATIN AMERICA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-02 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£211K
-38.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+3.1% vs 2023
Employees
42
+13.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£51K
-91.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- JOURNEY LATIN AMERICA LIMITED 1983-12-22 → present
- PATNOK LIMITED 1980-01-23 → 1983-12-22
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 | £16,973,257 | £18,242,525 | |
| Operating profit | £600,793 | £76,986 | |
| Profit before tax | £574,469 | £51,083 | |
| Net profit | £425,639 | £26,824 | |
| Cash | £341,376 | £210,758 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,510,542 | £5,320,626 | |
| Net assets | £4,356,453 | £4,490,666 | |
| Equity | £4,356,453 | £4,490,666 | |
| Average employees | 37 | 42 | |
| Wages | £1,879,382 | £2,085,858 |
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 | 3.5% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.3% | 1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.5% | 65.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.57x | 1.59x | |
| Interest cover | 22.82x | 2.97x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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
- “2024 saw the consolidation of the post-pandemic recovery, with turnover exceeding both the previous year and 2019. Passenger numbers for most destinations across South and Central America grew in 2024. Key exceptions were Ecuador, which was affected by security concerns and an FCDO travel advisory for parts of the country, including Guayaquil, which is often the gateway to the Galapagos Islands, and Honduras, which introduced new visa requirements for British passport holders.”
- “During the year, the Company launched a new brand, Journeyscape, offering tailor-made holidays to the USA and Canada.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LENNARTSON, Bo Fredrik | Secretary | 2020-01-20 | — | — |
| QUINLISK, Matthew John | Director | 2018-10-31 | Jul 1982 | English |
| TORRILLA, Francis Peter | Director | 2018-10-31 | Sep 1960 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARROTT, Christopher Alan | Secretary | — | 2018-10-31 |
| QUINLISK, Matthew | Secretary | 2018-10-31 | 2020-01-20 |
| BRADLEY, Sarah Madaline | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2018-10-31 |
| DAVIES, Paul Jonathan | Director | 1993-12-07 | 2005-08-31 |
| HUME, Arthur Oliver | Director | 1995-04-01 | 2008-08-31 |
| JONES, Derek | Director | 2018-10-31 | 2022-08-19 |
| KAPUR, Neeraj | Director | 1995-04-01 | 2005-08-31 |
| LENNARTSON, Bo Fredrik | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2018-10-31 |
| PARROTT, Christopher Alan | Director | — | 2018-10-31 |
| PARROTT, William | Director | — | 1996-04-26 |
| SANMUGAM, Ranmali Anne | Director | — | 2018-10-31 |
| VELOSO, Joao Paulo Magalhaes Albuquerque | Director | — | 1998-07-19 |
| WILLIAMS, John Brian | Director | — | 2018-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Der Touristik Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-10-31 | Active |
| Mr John Brian Williams | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-31 |
| Mr Christopher Alan Parrott | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2019-11-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-01-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-11-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2019-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
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
-
Turnover
+7.5%
£16,973,257 £18,242,525
-
Cash
-38.3%
£341,376 £210,758
-
Net assets
+3.1%
£4,356,453 £4,490,666
-
Employees
+13.5%
37 42
-
Operating profit
-87.2%
£600,793 £76,986
-
Profit before tax
-91.1%
£574,469 £51,083
-
Wages
+11%
£1,879,382 £2,085,858
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