Padwicks Travel (Wembley) Limited
Registered name: PADWICKS TRAVEL (WEMBLEY) LIMITED
Padwicks Travel (Wembley) Limited made £87.3m revenue and £305k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Padwicks Travel (Wembley) Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £87.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £305k profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in Middlesex; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Middlesex, London
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £74m | £82.5m | £85.6m | £87.3m |
| Cost of sales | £69.9m | £77.5m | £79.3m | £79.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £5m | £6.3m | £8.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £636k | £331k | £395k | £433k |
| Profit after tax | £249k | £239k | £277k | £305k |
| Profit (best available) | £249k | £239k | £277k | £305k |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 36 | 45 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 5.5% | 6.1% | 7.4% | 9.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £3m | £2.3m | £1.9m | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | £10k | £6.6k | £6.2k | £4.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.6% | ▲3.7% | ▲2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4% | ▲15.8% | ▲10.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲44% | ▲25% | ▲37.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £161k | £160k | £67.3k | £46.2k |
| Net assets | £10m | £10.2m | £10.2m | £10.2m |
| Fixed assets | £16.1m | £16.4m | £16.4m | £16.5m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £2.6m |
| Debtors | £75.3k | £53.3k | £34k | £34.9k |
| Deferred income | £737k | £723k | £33.8k | £61.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £10.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼31%
- Now £46.2k
- Headcount
- ▲38%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- ▲83%
- Now £61.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £16.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Travelpack Marketing & Leisure Services LimitedRev. £86.7m · Profit £356k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £305k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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