ALBATROSS GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-14 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
+12.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+71% vs 2024
Employees
98
-3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+4.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,833,053 | £35,541,546 | |
| Operating profit | £2,240,713 | £2,147,021 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,239,736 | £2,350,063 | |
| Net profit | £1,469,056 | £1,544,382 | |
| Cash | £11,814,128 | £13,279,072 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,390,334 | £5,812,543 | |
| Net assets | £1,848,760 | £3,161,115 | |
| Equity | £1,848,760 | £3,161,115 | |
| Average employees | 101 | 98 | |
| Wages | £3,504,490 | £3,817,407 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.6% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 51.0% | 36.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.10x | 1.11x | |
| Interest cover | 8.09x | 8.75x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Kreston Reeves LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- ALBATROSS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Albatross Group Holdings Limited 100%
- Inspired Travel Group Limited 100%
- Albatross Travel Group Limited 100%
- Success Tours Limited 100%
- The Dream Workshop Limited 100%
- Albatross Travel Group Pty Ltd 75%
- Albatross Incoming Tours Limited 100%
- Albatross Holdings Limited 100%
- Albatross Tours Limited 100%
- The Leisure Breaks Company Limited 100%
- Albatross Motoring Limited 100%
- Norman Allen Group Travel Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group acquired Albatross Travel's largest competitor Norman Allen Group Ltd in February 2025.”
- “The group secured a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan with Lloyds Bank plc in September 2020 with a year's capital free holiday and repayments over 10 years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HANDY, Adam George | Secretary | 2017-09-19 | — | — |
| BRIDGES, Denise Yvonne | Director | 2017-09-19 | Oct 1961 | British |
| HANDY, Adam George | Director | 2017-06-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
| HORNBY, Stephen Preston | Director | 2017-06-01 | Jan 1968 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Sarah Lilian | Director | 2017-09-19 | 2018-03-28 |
| PENNYCARD, Emma Louise | Director | 2017-09-19 | 2019-03-28 |
| TAGGART, Sean David | Director | 2017-08-21 | 2020-09-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Adam George Handy | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-06-01 | Active |
| Mr Stephen Preston Hornby | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2017-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 31 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+5%
£33,833,053 £35,541,546
-
Cash
+12.4%
£11,814,128 £13,279,072
-
Net assets
+71%
£1,848,760 £3,161,115
-
Employees
-3%
101 98
-
Operating profit
-4.2%
£2,240,713 £2,147,021
-
Profit before tax
+4.9%
£2,239,736 £2,350,063
-
Wages
+8.9%
£3,504,490 £3,817,407
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