FRED. OLSEN TRAVEL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-25
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-16 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+11.9% vs 2023
Net assets
-£4M
0% vs 2023
Employees
209
+22.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£17K
-58.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-25
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-25 | 2024-12-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,664,000 | £24,125,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£121,000 | -£187,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £41,000 | £17,000 | |
| Net profit | £17,000 | £2,000 | |
| Cash | £3,169,000 | £3,545,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£4,068,000 | -£4,026,000 | |
| Net assets | -£4,068,000 | -£4,066,000 | |
| Equity | -£4,068,000 | -£4,066,000 | |
| Average employees | 171 | 209 | |
| Wages | £4,434,000 | £5,865,000 |
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 | 2023-12-25 | 2024-12-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.6% | -0.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.0% | 4.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.65x | 0.70x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- FRED. OLSEN TRAVEL LIMITED · parent
- GoCruise Franchise Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The travel industry has seen a resurgence since the Covid pandemic and statistics showed it recovered. to its pre-pandemic share of UK GDP in 2024. This was despite a dip in consumer confidence midway through the year ahead of the UK General Election and soft demand for holidays amid the economic uncertainty that preceded the UK Autumn Budget and news of unrest in the Middle-East.”
- “In line with its retail strategy, the Company opened 3 new travel agency stores during the year in Ringwood, Chichester, and Tonbridge, and acquired a further agency, Solent. World Travel, which consolidated the Company's high street presence on both the south coast and in the southeast area.”
- “Bookings made during 2024 other than rebooks reached a record level of £120M. which was 17% higher than 2023 and 47% higher than 2019 pre-Pandemic levels. This resulted in net booking income relating to future financial periods carried forward of £6.3M.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDGAR, Penelope Jane | Secretary | 2012-06-29 | — | British |
| BERRY, Julie Louise | Director | 2026-03-24 | Sep 1975 | British |
| BROOKS, Ian Edward | Director | 2020-01-02 | Mar 1963 | British |
| CARON, Helen | Director | 2025-07-01 | Mar 1965 | British |
| EDGAR, Penelope Jane | Director | 2012-06-29 | Oct 1964 | British |
| EMERY, Nicholas Andrew | Director | 2013-04-15 | Feb 1961 | British |
| MINDELL, Belinda Rosemary | Director | 2016-03-01 | Apr 1967 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEGGET, Robert Simon | Secretary | — | 1995-09-04 |
| REEVES, Alfred Henry | Secretary | 1995-09-04 | 2012-06-29 |
| BRIGGINSHAW, Paul Michael | Director | — | 2005-04-06 |
| DOWLER, Jeremy | Director | 1995-09-04 | 2016-03-01 |
| LEGGET, Robert Simon | Director | — | 1995-09-04 |
| LINGARD, Nigel Ronald | Director | — | 2011-11-30 |
| OLSEN, Kristine Edle | Director | 2000-10-17 | 2003-12-29 |
| PHILPOT, Nathan Richard | Director | 2012-07-26 | 2016-07-08 |
| REEVES, Alfred Henry | Director | — | 2012-06-29 |
| RODWELL, Michael Howard | Director | 1995-11-01 | 2019-08-31 |
| WALLACE, John Cameron | Director | — | 2010-06-25 |
| WALSH, Pauline Mary | Director | 2010-06-08 | 2013-03-22 |
| WILLIAMS, Steven John | Director | 2005-06-07 | 2025-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred. Olsen Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2020-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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 2024-12-25 vs 2023-12-25
-
Turnover
+22.7%
£19,664,000 £24,125,000
-
Cash
+11.9%
£3,169,000 £3,545,000
-
Net assets
0%
-£4,068,000 -£4,066,000
-
Employees
+22.2%
171 209
-
Operating profit
-54.5%
-£121,000 -£187,000
-
Profit before tax
-58.5%
£41,000 £17,000
-
Wages
+32.3%
£4,434,000 £5,865,000
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