THE ORIGINAL TOUR LIMITED

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  Annual accounts overdue

  Due 2025-12-31.

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. THE ORIGINAL TOUR LIMITED 2026-01-22 → present
2. THE ORIGINAL LONDON SIGHTSEEING TOUR LIMITED 1998-03-09 → 2026-01-22
3. THE ORIGINAL SIGHTSEEING TOUR LIMITED 1997-12-30 → 1998-03-09
4. LONDON COACHES LIMITED 1988-12-14 → 1997-12-30

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Forvis Mazars LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“As at the date of authorisation, the parent company has declared its continued support to the company to ensure that it continues to operate over the next 12 months and that it does not intend to call in any balances owed to them for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements. This together with the increased turnover and the improved overall performance of the Company allow the directors to believe that preparing the accounts on a going concern basis is appropriate.”

Significant events

• “The year also saw the entry into the London market of a new competitor.”
• “Summer 2023 saw the entrant into the market of a new competitor.”
• “Events after the balance sheet date include further improvement in trading conditions, work on the electrification of the bus fleet and investment in the Wandsworth Garage facilities including that of facilities for the sourcing of renewable energy.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

12

last 12 months

Capital events

1

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +69.5%

  £6,547,000 → £11,100,000

• Cash

  -53.7%

  £41,000 → £19,000

• Net assets

  -7.8%

  -£13,245,000 → -£14,274,000

• Employees

  +41.7%

  108 → 153

• Operating profit

  +91.2%

  -£2,130,000 → -£188,000

• Profit before tax

  +60.7%

  -£2,472,000 → -£972,000

• Wages

  +43.3%

  £3,168,000 → £4,539,000

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