THE TRAVEL CHAPTER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-29 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£41M
-2.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£72M
+34.1% vs 2023
Employees
850
+4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£16M
+16.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- THE TRAVEL CHAPTER LIMITED 2015-12-14 → present
- SIMPLY COTTAGES LIMITED 2012-11-20 → 2015-12-14
- FARM & COTTAGE HOLIDAYS LIMITED 1990-12-24 → 2012-11-20
- ARLEBEECH LIMITED 1989-10-11 → 1990-12-24
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 | £89,488,000 | £95,898,000 | |
| Operating profit | £12,075,000 | £13,720,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £13,785,000 | £16,114,000 | |
| Net profit | £12,787,000 | £15,312,000 | |
| Cash | £42,616,000 | £41,437,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £79,275,000 | £96,160,000 | |
| Net assets | £53,828,000 | £72,177,000 | |
| Equity | £53,828,000 | £72,177,000 | |
| Average employees | 817 | 850 | |
| Wages | £23,140,000 | £24,485,000 |
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 | 13.5% | 14.3% | |
| Net margin | 14.3% | 16.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.2% | 14.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 80.0% | 73.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.26x | 0.28x | |
| Interest cover | 21.15x | 21.61x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the analysis described above, the Group has sufficient liquidity headroom throughout the forecast period. The Directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the Group has the financial resources to enable it to continue in operational existence for the period to 30 April 2026 and beyond.”
Group structure
- THE TRAVEL CHAPTER LIMITED · parent
- Cottages in Northumberland Limited 100%
- Kett Country Cottages Limited 100%
- Gorgeous Weekends Limited 100%
- Keys For Limited 100%
- Brecon Beacon Holiday Cottages Limited 100%
- Wallthwaite Limited 100%
- Sally Limited* 100%
- Dovey Cottages Limited 100%
- Bath Holiday Rentals Limited 100%
- The Original Cottage Company Limited 100%
- Brixham Holidays Limited* 100%
- Shamrock Cottages Limited* 100%
- Morris Domains Limited 100%
- The Big Domain Limited* 100%
- Stay In Media Limited* 100%
- The Cottage Company (UK) Limited 100%
- Farm Holidays Limited 100%
- The Original Employee Benefit Trustee Limited 100%
- Coquet Cottages Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The Company completed two further acquisitions. In December 2023, it acquired Coquet Cottages Limited, a collection of c.140 luxury properties...”
- “In January 2024, Shamrock Cottages Ltd (a subsidiary company) acquired the trade and assets of Imagine Ireland...”
- “On 28 March 2025, the Company acquired 100% of the share capital of Lakeland Retreats Limited, a collection of c.220 high-quality properties in the Lake District.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCLURE, Jayne Claire | Secretary | 2016-04-11 | — | — |
| MCCLURE, Jayne Claire | Director | 2011-06-02 | Oct 1978 | British |
| ROOME, Mark Simon | Director | 2021-04-27 | May 1975 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORRIS, Sandra Josephine | Secretary | 2014-08-01 | 2016-04-11 |
| MORRIS, Sandra Josephine | Secretary | — | 2003-10-01 |
| MORRIS, Simon Lenard | Secretary | 2003-11-01 | 2014-08-01 |
| ANDERSON-RETTER, Matthew Jason | Director | 2015-06-24 | 2022-09-06 |
| BUSS, Timothy John Andrew | Director | 2020-06-10 | 2026-01-09 |
| MORRIS, James Peter | Director | 2003-09-09 | 2022-01-07 |
| MORRIS, Peter Michael | Director | — | 2003-10-01 |
| MORRIS, Simon Lenard | Director | 2003-09-09 | 2016-04-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bookmark Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-08-18 | Active |
| The Travel Chapter Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-08-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+7.2%
£89,488,000 £95,898,000
-
Cash
-2.8%
£42,616,000 £41,437,000
-
Net assets
+34.1%
£53,828,000 £72,177,000
-
Employees
+4%
817 850
-
Operating profit
+13.6%
£12,075,000 £13,720,000
-
Profit before tax
+16.9%
£13,785,000 £16,114,000
-
Wages
+5.8%
£23,140,000 £24,485,000
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