WWW.CRUISE.CO.UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£17M
+31.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£16M
+29.1% vs 2023
Employees
186
-2.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+59.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- WWW.CRUISE.CO.UK LIMITED 2007-11-21 → present
- VICTORIA TRAVEL SERVICE LIMITED 1984-10-30 → 2007-11-21
- FERRYSHORE LIMITED 1984-06-27 → 1984-10-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,399,659 | £19,863,617 | |
| Operating profit | £2,501,814 | £4,080,429 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,762,451 | £4,418,100 | |
| Net profit | £2,278,553 | £3,647,665 | |
| Cash | £12,944,559 | £17,044,968 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,073,956 | £17,773,470 | |
| Net assets | £12,549,356 | £16,197,021 | |
| Equity | £12,549,356 | £16,197,021 | |
| Average employees | 191 | 186 | |
| Wages | £5,687,078 | £5,456,589 |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.6% | 20.5% | |
| Net margin | 12.4% | 18.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.8% | 23.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.9% | 41.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.28x | 2.74x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts and performed a going concern assessment which indicates that, in both the base and severe but plausible downside scenario, the Group will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due during the 12-month period ending March 2026, the going concern assessment period. In addition, in both the base and severe but plausible downside scenario, the Group projects a positive cash balance, with the existing drawn down financing in place, and no breaches in banking covenant tests or CAA liquidity tests throughout the period. The directors understand that the shareholders are currently considering strategic options for the Group and are in the very early stages of negotiation with a potential buyer to acquire the Group. Any transaction would be subject to the approval of the CAA. Based on the discussions to date, the directors believe the potential owners do not intend to make any changes to the management or operations of the Group in the 12-month period ending March 2026 and therefore consider it appropriate to continue to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis. However, as explained above, should this sale not proceed the directors are confident that the Group 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.”
Group structure
- WWW.CRUISE.CO.UK LIMITED · parent
- Cruise.co.uk Limited 100%
- Cruises.co.uk Limited 100%
- www.cruises.co.uk Limited 100%
- Victoria Cruises Limited 100%
- 1 Stop Cruise Shop Limited 100%
- All Cruises Limited 100%
- Cruisereaderoffers.co.uk Limited 100%
- Victoria Travel Services Limited 100%
- Reader Offer Cruises Limited 100%
- Reader Offer Holidays Limited 100%
- www.cruise.co.uk Transport Limited 100%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, Tony Derek | Director | 2019-04-08 | Jan 1982 | British |
| GARDNER, Christopher Julyan | Director | 2018-09-04 | Apr 1966 | British |
| TROMANS, Carl William | Director | 2020-07-14 | May 1986 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDNER, Mary Jane | Secretary | — | 2002-04-26 |
| GUTHRIE, Anthony James | Secretary | 2005-07-29 | 2006-03-30 |
| O'BRIEN, Anthony John | Secretary | 2007-04-20 | 2013-08-27 |
| PEREZ, Arnaldo | Secretary | 2006-03-30 | 2007-04-20 |
| VANDOME, Pamela Mary | Secretary | 2002-04-26 | 2005-07-29 |
| BACON, Stephen | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2018-09-17 |
| BIRCHALL, Roger David | Director | 2002-04-26 | 2005-07-29 |
| CONLON, James Martin | Director | 2005-12-15 | 2019-10-31 |
| CONOVER, Pamela C | Director | 2004-12-15 | 2007-04-20 |
| GARDNER, Andrew James | Director | — | 2016-08-05 |
| GARDNER, Chris | Director | 2019-10-31 | 2019-10-31 |
| GAUNT, Ian Jeremy | Director | 2002-04-26 | 2007-04-20 |
| MILNES, Kevin Mark | Director | 2019-04-08 | 2020-04-09 |
| TORRENT, Lynn | Director | 2002-06-07 | 2004-12-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Travel Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-11-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-31 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
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Turnover
+8%
£18,399,659 £19,863,617
-
Cash
+31.7%
£12,944,559 £17,044,968
-
Net assets
+29.1%
£12,549,356 £16,197,021
-
Employees
-2.6%
191 186
-
Operating profit
+63.1%
£2,501,814 £4,080,429
-
Profit before tax
+59.9%
£2,762,451 £4,418,100
-
Wages
-4.1%
£5,687,078 £5,456,589
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