KIRKER TRAVEL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-04 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£132K
-48.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
+13.1% vs 2023
Employees
54
+12.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-4.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KIRKER TRAVEL LIMITED 1986-04-07 → present
- SPAROLAN LIMITED 1986-02-04 → 1986-04-07
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 | £25,545,071 | £27,303,682 | |
| Operating profit | £2,282,613 | £2,169,846 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,218,659 | £2,114,228 | |
| Net profit | £1,731,965 | £1,589,787 | |
| Cash | £253,867 | £131,632 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,492,848 | £14,913,819 | |
| Net assets | £11,984,552 | £13,555,695 | |
| Equity | £11,984,552 | £13,555,695 | |
| Average employees | 48 | 54 | |
| Wages | £2,100,560 | £2,506,644 |
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 | 8.9% | 7.9% | |
| Net margin | 6.8% | 5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.9% | 14.5% | |
| Current ratio | 3.56x | 4.02x | |
| Interest cover | 35.64x | 38.72x |
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.”
Group structure
- KIRKER TRAVEL LIMITED · parent
- Kirker Travel Services Limited 1%
Significant events
- “On 27 February 2025, Kirker Travel Services Limited entered into members' voluntary liquidation. An impairment charge of £40,000 has been recognised against the investment value in these financial statements (note 13).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALLIS, Karen Margaret | Secretary | 2019-03-25 | — | — |
| QUINLISK, Matthew John | Director | 2022-08-19 | Jul 1982 | British |
| TORRILLA, Francis | Director | 2010-12-01 | Sep 1960 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIRKER, Christopher Ian | Secretary | 1999-08-03 | 2002-12-20 |
| NORMAN, Mark Richard | Secretary | 2006-10-27 | 2015-04-30 |
| PEREZ-ADAMSON, Sally Jane | Secretary | 2015-04-30 | 2019-03-25 |
| SIMPSON, David Martin Wynn | Secretary | — | 2002-12-20 |
| VARDIGANS, Simon Geoffrey | Secretary | 2002-12-20 | 2006-10-27 |
| BIGGS, Sue Anne Hilbre | Director | 2006-10-27 | 2007-06-30 |
| EDMUNDS, Joanna | Director | 2009-11-01 | 2012-12-13 |
| FAWCETT, Robin James | Director | — | 2002-12-20 |
| HUGHES, Nicholas Beaumont Tudor | Director | 2007-08-15 | 2009-10-30 |
| JONES, Derek | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2022-08-19 |
| KATZ, Max Ernst | Director | 2006-10-27 | 2010-07-01 |
| KIRKER, Christopher Ian | Director | — | 2002-12-20 |
| LAYARD, Andrew Charles Gordon | Director | 1997-05-02 | 2006-10-27 |
| MACNEILL, John Blacklaws | Director | 2002-12-20 | 2006-10-27 |
| NORMAN, Mark | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2015-04-30 |
| NORMAN, Mark Richard | Director | 2007-06-30 | 2007-08-15 |
| VARDIGANS, Simon Geoffrey | Director | 2002-12-20 | 2006-10-27 |
| WAKE, Edward | Director | 1997-05-02 | 2006-10-27 |
| WATT, Christopher John | Director | 2001-12-20 | 2006-10-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Der Touristik Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 220 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-10-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2019-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-03-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2018-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
+6.9%
£25,545,071 £27,303,682
-
Cash
-48.1%
£253,867 £131,632
-
Net assets
+13.1%
£11,984,552 £13,555,695
-
Employees
+12.5%
48 54
-
Operating profit
-4.9%
£2,282,613 £2,169,846
-
Profit before tax
-4.7%
£2,218,659 £2,114,228
-
Wages
+19.3%
£2,100,560 £2,506,644
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