ON THE BEACH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-27 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£58M
+37.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£42M
+33.1% vs 2023
Employees
431
-12.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£16M
+83.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ON THE BEACH LIMITED 2007-11-29 → present
- ON THE PISTE TRAVEL LIMITED 1996-02-22 → 2007-11-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £88,626,000 | £98,241,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,949,000 | £8,409,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,478,000 | £15,563,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,212,000 | £10,462,000 | |
| Cash | £41,948,000 | £57,679,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,928,000 | £45,610,000 | |
| Net assets | £31,849,000 | £42,386,000 | |
| Equity | £31,849,000 | £42,386,000 | |
| Average employees | 493 | 431 | |
| Wages | £24,401,000 | £24,191,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 8.6% | |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 10.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.4% | 18.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.0% | 90.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.05x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | 12.37x | 27.13x |
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
“Given the assumptions above, and that the Directors are satisfied that the parent undertaking has agreed to support the company if required, with a letter of parental support in place, the Directors remain confident that the Group continue to operate in an agile way adapting to any continued travel disruption. Therefore, it is considered appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- ON THE BEACH LIMITED · parent
- On the Beach Holidays Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Signed a transformational Ryanair partnership agreement in February 2024.”
- “Refinanced credit facilities with Lloyds Bank and NatWest on 7 December 2023 and increased RCF to £85m until July 2025.”
- “Legal proceedings with Ryanair placed on hold following partnership agreement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VICKERSTAFF, Kirsteen | Secretary | 2016-03-01 | — | — |
| MORTON, Shaun | Director | 2020-07-17 | Mar 1982 | British |
| WORMALD, Jonathan Michael | Director | 2023-06-30 | Sep 1977 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Simon Matthew | Secretary | 2002-09-09 | 2007-11-23 |
| PARRY, Gwendoline | Secretary | 2010-07-28 | 2016-03-01 |
| WOOD, Geoffrey Peter | Secretary | 2007-11-23 | 2010-07-28 |
| WORTHINGTON, James David | Secretary | 1996-02-22 | 2002-09-09 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-02-22 | 1996-02-22 |
| COOPER, Marcus Ashley, Dr | Director | 2001-11-27 | 2007-11-23 |
| COOPER, Simon Matthew | Director | 1996-06-24 | 2023-06-30 |
| DALY, Alistair Simon | Director | 2013-10-04 | 2018-03-28 |
| HESKETH, Alan Milsom | Director | 1996-02-22 | 1997-09-19 |
| MEEHAN, Paul Alan | Director | 2017-01-16 | 2020-07-17 |
| PARRY, Gwendoline | Director | 2010-10-04 | 2017-01-16 |
| SMITH, Jonathan James | Director | 2013-10-04 | 2018-09-30 |
| WORTHINGTON, James David | Director | 1996-06-24 | 2003-03-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On The Beach Travel Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-12-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-12-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-12-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-12-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-12-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-12-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+10.8%
£88,626,000 £98,241,000
-
Cash
+37.5%
£41,948,000 £57,679,000
-
Net assets
+33.1%
£31,849,000 £42,386,000
-
Employees
-12.6%
493 431
-
Operating profit
+69.9%
£4,949,000 £8,409,000
-
Profit before tax
+83.6%
£8,478,000 £15,563,000
-
Wages
-0.9%
£24,401,000 £24,191,000
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