BEACHCOMBER TOURS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-20 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
+4.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+11.5% vs 2024
Employees
29
-3.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-10.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BEACHCOMBER TOURS LIMITED 1988-10-20 → present
- HARDY WARD ROOFING CONTRACTORS LIMITED 1988-09-07 → 1988-10-20
- ELITE ASSOCIATES LIMITED 1988-07-26 → 1988-09-07
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £30,054,959 | £30,852,673 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,575,318 | £1,388,499 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2,006,616 | £1,801,417 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,484,707 | £1,341,336 | |
| Cash | — | — | £11,246,626 | £11,713,767 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £4,775,338 | £5,278,686 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £4,721,504 | £5,262,840 | |
| Equity | £3,054,900 | £4,236,797 | £4,721,504 | £5,262,840 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 30 | 29 | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,383,122 | £1,390,871 |
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 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 5.2% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 4.9% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 33.0% | 26.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 63.3% | 60.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.43x | 1.50x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 218.83x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RNS Business Solutions Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, which is a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. Therefore, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BEACHCOMBER TOURS LIMITED · parent
- Wild Africa Safaris Limited 100%
- Beachcomber Holidays (UK) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “As at 30 June 2025 the company's bankers have given a guarantee to ABTA Limited of £447,491 (2024: £487,956). The bank holds a charge over the company's freehold property.”
- “With effect from 15 July 2025, ER Group Limited (Mauritius), held a stake of 42.6% in the company's immediate parent, New Mauritius Hotels Limited (Mauritius). As a result and in line with International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 10, New Mauritius Hotels Limited's accounts in the future will be consolidated as a subsidiary in the consolidated financial statements of ER Group Limited (Mauritius).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AYRES, Samantha Laurel | Secretary | 2014-06-10 | — | — |
| BOULLE, Mark David | Director | 2018-12-10 | Oct 1971 | British |
| POUPINEL DE VALENCE, Stephane Jean Francois | Director | 2023-07-01 | Oct 1978 | Mauritian |
| SEEYAVE, Pauline Sybille Cheh | Director | 2016-11-08 | Jan 1974 | Mauritian |
| STAUB, Nicolas Edouard Patrick | Director | 2018-12-10 | Jun 1974 | Mauritian |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAYBOULD, Rosanne | Secretary | — | 2002-11-14 |
| TAYLOR, Peter Knowles | Secretary | 2002-11-14 | 2014-06-10 |
| COLLET-SERRET, Marie Francoise Michelle | Director | — | 1997-12-02 |
| COUACAUD, Joseph Rene Herbert | Director | — | 2015-09-01 |
| DOGER DE SPEVILLE, Jean Raoul Robert | Director | — | 2015-06-30 |
| EDWARDS, Michael Wynn | Director | 2001-11-08 | 2020-06-29 |
| ESPITALIER-NOEL, Gilbert Marie Edouard | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2023-07-01 |
| GILBERT, Christopher | Director | 2009-11-30 | 2014-03-31 |
| MASSON, Denys Marcel | Director | 2007-05-07 | 2016-04-07 |
| RAYBOULD, Warren Harold | Director | — | 2003-07-09 |
| TAYLOR, Peter Knowles | Director | 1997-12-11 | 2016-11-02 |
| VENIN, Francois Roland | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2022-04-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mauritius Hotels Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2016-06-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-02-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
+2.7%
£30,054,959 £30,852,673
-
Cash
+4.2%
£11,246,626 £11,713,767
-
Net assets
+11.5%
£4,721,504 £5,262,840
-
Employees
-3.3%
30 29
-
Operating profit
-11.9%
£1,575,318 £1,388,499
-
Profit before tax
-10.2%
£2,006,616 £1,801,417
-
Wages
+0.6%
£1,383,122 £1,390,871
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