TRAVEL COUNSELLORS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-28 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£95M
+16.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£92M
+31.8% vs 2023
Employees
345
+22.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£29M
+24.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 6 times since incorporation
- TRAVEL COUNSELLORS LIMITED 2009-03-26 → present
- TRAVEL COUNSELLORS PLC 2005-09-09 → 2009-03-26
- TRAVEL COUNSELLORS LIMITED 2005-09-06 → 2005-09-09
- TRAVEL COUNSELLORS PLC 2004-03-05 → 2005-09-06
- TRAVEL COUNSELLORS LIMITED 1996-08-12 → 2004-03-05
- DAVID SPEAKMAN TRAVEL LIMITED 1989-06-13 → 1996-08-12
- INCENTIVE, MEDIA & BUSINESS TRAVEL LIMITED 1987-05-20 → 1989-06-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £357,390,000 | £410,842,000 | |
| Operating profit | £22,937,000 | £26,116,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £23,510,000 | £29,277,000 | |
| Net profit | £18,106,000 | £22,154,000 | |
| Cash | £81,570,000 | £95,336,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £74,262,000 | £94,983,000 | |
| Net assets | £69,704,000 | £91,858,000 | |
| Equity | £69,704,000 | £91,858,000 | |
| Average employees | 281 | 345 | |
| Wages | £13,659,000 | £17,018,000 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 6.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.1% | 5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.9% | 27.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.93x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | 294.06x | 28.11x |
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 'Reduced Disclosure Framework'
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis having concluded that the Company has access to adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- TRAVEL COUNSELLORS LIMITED · parent
- Travel Counsellors (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Travel Counsellors Nederland BV 100%
- Travel Counsellors Proprietary Limited 100%
- Travel Counsellors Proprietary Limited 77%
- TC Africa 1 Proprietary Limited 100%
- TC Holdco Proprietary Limited 100%
- TC BEECO Proprietary Limited 24%
- Gazania Investments Three Hundred and Seventy Two (Proprietary) Limited 100%
- TC Africa DMC Proprietary Limited 100%
- Bob Sopel Travel Limited 100%
- Travel Counsellors LLC 100%
- Travel Counsellors S.L. 100%
- Travel Counsellors (Canada) Limited 100%
- Holidaysplease Group Limited 100%
- Holidaysplease Limited 100%
- Elite Retreats Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUMSTEAD, Ivan Victor | Director | 2024-05-20 | May 1973 | British |
| BYRNE, Stephen | Director | 2004-10-29 | Jun 1965 | British |
| HUGHES, Kirsten | Director | 2005-02-01 | Oct 1971 | British |
| MORRIS, Karen | Director | 2002-04-06 | Dec 1962 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERTON, Laura Helen | Secretary | 2014-10-24 | 2019-10-08 |
| LORTON, Derek | Secretary | 2005-10-01 | 2015-01-27 |
| SPEAKMAN, Maureen | Secretary | — | 2014-10-24 |
| CROSIER, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2020-09-02 | 2022-04-21 |
| GRAHAM, Michael Steven | Director | 2022-06-30 | 2022-06-30 |
| HALL, Jonathan | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2000-12-01 |
| HANSON, Matthew James | Director | 2022-12-22 | 2024-05-20 |
| HINGLEY, Malcolm Peter | Director | 2004-01-27 | 2016-02-25 |
| LORTON, Derek | Director | 2004-01-27 | 2015-01-27 |
| SHAW, Simon Andrew | Director | 2015-01-27 | 2019-12-31 |
| SPEAKMAN, Anna | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2014-10-24 |
| SPEAKMAN, David Francis | Director | — | 2014-10-24 |
| SPEAKMAN, Maureen | Director | — | 2014-10-24 |
| SPEAKMAN, Paul | Director | 2004-02-23 | 2014-10-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel Counsellors Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 248 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-11-20 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
+15%
£357,390,000 £410,842,000
-
Cash
+16.9%
£81,570,000 £95,336,000
-
Net assets
+31.8%
£69,704,000 £91,858,000
-
Employees
+22.8%
281 345
-
Operating profit
+13.9%
£22,937,000 £26,116,000
-
Profit before tax
+24.5%
£23,510,000 £29,277,000
-
Wages
+24.6%
£13,659,000 £17,018,000
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