BEST AT TRAVEL PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-28 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
-4.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
+8.1% vs 2023
Employees
68
+4.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+43.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BEST AT TRAVEL PLC 2004-12-20 → present
- WORLDWIDE JOURNEYS PLC 1994-01-31 → 2004-12-20
- AMERICAN JOURNEYS PLC 1993-08-06 → 1994-01-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £68,403,537 | £68,522,607 | |
| Operating profit | £902,295 | £614,405 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,039,968 | £1,488,711 | |
| Net profit | £688,949 | £904,960 | |
| Cash | £10,131,787 | £9,707,945 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,215,127 | £12,120,087 | |
| Net assets | £11,152,233 | £12,057,193 | |
| Equity | £11,152,233 | £12,057,193 | |
| Average employees | 65 | 68 | |
| Wages | £3,666,357 | £3,679,621 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 0.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.8% | 5.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.50x | 1.36x | |
| Interest cover | 4.47x | 3.64x |
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
- SRLV Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are satisfied that the company will be able to satisfy its financial obligations for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, which have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “During 2024, the UK outbound travel market grew at a slower rate than 2023, accelerating towards pre-Covid-19 levels in late 2024 and into 2025. Restrictions on long-haul airline seat and accommodation capacity continue to fall, with growth in availability expected in 2025-2026. Global uncertainties (Ukraine conflict, Middle East crisis, economic difficulties) continue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHARMA, Rahul | Secretary | 1993-08-06 | — | British |
| SHARMA, Rahul | Director | 1993-08-06 | Oct 1958 | British |
| SHARMA, Rita | Director | 1993-08-06 | Jul 1960 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS, Howard | Nominee Secretary | 1993-08-06 | 1993-08-06 |
| KUMAR, Ashni | Director | 1993-08-06 | 1993-08-31 |
| TESTER, William Andrew Joseph | Nominee Director | 1993-08-06 | 1993-08-06 |
| WRIGHT, Alan John | Director | 1995-10-01 | 2001-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best At Travel (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2019-06-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2019-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+0.2%
£68,403,537 £68,522,607
-
Cash
-4.2%
£10,131,787 £9,707,945
-
Net assets
+8.1%
£11,152,233 £12,057,193
-
Employees
+4.6%
65 68
-
Operating profit
-31.9%
£902,295 £614,405
-
Profit before tax
+43.1%
£1,039,968 £1,488,711
-
Wages
+0.4%
£3,666,357 £3,679,621
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