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Company No. 01661988 · Incorporated 6 Sep 1982

Jules Verne Ltd

Registered name: JULES VERNE LTD

Part of Dertour UK Limited group

Jules Verne Ltd made £25.1m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.

Jules Verne Ltd’s revenue fell 1% to £25.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.4m profit and 39 employees. The company is classified under “tour operator activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 79120Tour operator activities
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
44 yrs · since 1982
Type
Private Limited Company

Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2024

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£25.1m
Growth ▼0.9%
Profit
£1.4m
Growth ▲657.2%
Profit margin
5.4%
Gross 25.1%
Employees
39
Change ▲11.4%
Profit / employee
£34.7k
Revenue/employee £643k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 2024
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£25.3m£25.1m
Cost of sales£20.4m£18.8m
Gross profit£4.9m£6.3m
Operating profit£411k£1.8m
Profit before tax£411k£1.8m
Profit after tax£179k£1.4m
Profit (best available)£179k£1.4m
Employees (average)3539
Ratios
Profit margin0.7%5.4%
Gross margin19.4%25.1%
Revenue per employee£723k£643k
Profit per employee£5.1k£34.7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼0.9%
Profit growth—▲657.2%
Headcount growth—▲11.4%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£357k£307k
Net assets£3.4m£5m
Fixed assets£211k£129k
Current assets£10.6m£11m
Debtors£10.2m£10.7m
Deferred income£5.7m£5.2m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
5.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
25.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£643k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£34.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
20.6%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
42.7%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲47%
Now £5m
Cash at bank
▼14%
Now £307k
Headcount
▲11%
Now 39
Deferred income
▼9%
Now £5.2m
Fixed assets
▼39%
Now £129k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Dertour UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Jules Verne Ltdthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (6)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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