GULLIVERS SPORTS TRAVEL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-27 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-13
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-56.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£773K
+49.2% vs 2024
Employees
36
+9.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£579K
-63.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,522,000 | £22,592,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,674,000 | £506,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,600,000 | £579,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,690,000 | £255,000 | |
| Cash | £3,260,000 | £1,410,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £664,000 | £848,000 | |
| Net assets | £518,000 | £773,000 | |
| Equity | £518,000 | £773,000 | |
| Average employees | 33 | 36 | |
| Wages | £1,532,000 | £1,511,000 |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 6.4% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 252.1% | 59.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 94.9% | 95.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.91x | 0.99x | |
| Interest cover | 22.62x | 84.33x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Notwithstanding net current liabilities of £222,000 (2024: £898,000) as at 30 September 2025, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons: The Company is a component of the Compass Group PLC, one of the world's largest foodservice companies. The company meets its day to day working capital requirements from operational cash flows and intercompany loan and trading balances with the group headed by Compass Group PLC.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEA, Jodi | Director | 2024-10-16 | Apr 1982 | British |
| MILLS, Robin Ronald | Director | 2024-10-16 | Apr 1967 | British |
| SALMON, Neil David | Director | 2018-04-05 | Oct 1981 | British |
| SAMUEL, William Nicholas | Director | 2022-03-03 | Oct 1979 | British |
| SHARPE, Gareth Jonathan | Director | 2024-10-16 | May 1980 | British |
| VINSEN, Andrew Peter | Director | 2024-10-16 | Sep 1963 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRANT, John Kenneth | Secretary | 1992-09-10 | 1993-11-05 |
| HALL, John | Secretary | 1993-11-05 | 2008-03-19 |
| MORRIS, David | Secretary | 2002-12-23 | 2008-03-19 |
| NORTHEY, Janet | Secretary | 2016-07-08 | 2019-05-30 |
| WALTER, Joyce | Secretary | 2008-03-19 | 2015-12-18 |
| BAINBRIDGE, Richard Charles | Director | 2012-03-07 | 2013-03-31 |
| BRANT, John Kenneth | Director | 1992-09-10 | 1993-11-05 |
| DAVISON, John | Director | 1994-10-21 | 2011-06-30 |
| FROGGATT, Martin James | Director | 2013-01-17 | 2019-05-30 |
| HALL, David Charlton | Director | 1994-10-21 | 2011-07-31 |
| HALL, John | Director | 1992-09-10 | 2011-03-23 |
| ISAACS, Richard William | Director | 2013-11-13 | 2019-05-30 |
| LION-CACHET, Chad Clinton | Director | 2013-11-13 | 2016-11-22 |
| MAGNAY, Noel Peter | Director | 2013-01-17 | 2015-02-06 |
| MAYCOCK, John Harold | Director | 1992-09-10 | 2003-01-29 |
| MEE, Darren | Director | 2008-03-19 | 2013-01-31 |
| MORRIS, David | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2022-04-11 |
| RANDALL, Alistair James | Director | 2021-09-17 | 2024-10-16 |
| WIMBLETON, John Christopher | Director | 2008-03-19 | 2012-10-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compass Group, Uk And Ireland Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-16 | Active |
| Travelopia Adventure Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-01-11 | Ceased 2024-10-16 |
| Travelopia Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-01-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-29 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-04-29 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-04-29 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
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Turnover
-14.8%
£26,522,000 £22,592,000
-
Cash
-56.7%
£3,260,000 £1,410,000
-
Net assets
+49.2%
£518,000 £773,000
-
Employees
+9.1%
33 36
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Operating profit
-69.8%
£1,674,000 £506,000
-
Profit before tax
-63.8%
£1,600,000 £579,000
-
Wages
-1.4%
£1,532,000 £1,511,000
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