Dertour UK Limited
Registered name: DERTOUR UK LIMITED
Dertour UK Limited made £351m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Dertour UK Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £351m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.5m profit and 679 employees. The company is classified under “tour operator activities” and is based in Dorking; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dorking, South East
- Age
- 81 yrs · since 1945
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £262m | £330m | £351m |
| Cost of sales | −£207m | −£263m | −£275m |
| Gross profit | £54.6m | £67.4m | £75.7m |
| Operating profit | £4.1m | £3.2m | £4.3m |
| Profit before tax | £6.5m | £4.4m | £3m |
| Profit after tax | £5.2m | £3.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.2m | £3.1m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 560 | 646 | 679 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2% | 0.9% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 20.8% | 20.4% | 21.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £467k | £511k | £517k |
| Profit per employee | £9.4k | £4.8k | £2.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26.1% | ▲6.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40.3% | ▼53.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.4% | ▲5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £517k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 679
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (7)
- Corfu Villas LimitedRev. £27.9m · Profit £776k
- Jules Verne LtdRev. £25.1m · Profit £1.4m
- Carrier LtdFigures not disclosed
- Hotelplan (U.K. Group) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Journey Latin America LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kirker Travel LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Solmar Villas LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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