Premier Holidays Limited
Registered name: PREMIER HOLIDAYS LIMITED
Premier Holidays Limited made £45.5m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Premier Holidays Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £45.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1m profit and 98 employees. The company is classified under “tour operator activities” and is based in Cambridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridge, East of England
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.4m | £42.2m | £44.6m | £45.5m |
| Cost of sales | £24m | £37m | £38.9m | £40m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £5.2m | £5.6m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £348k | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £349k | £1.8m | £2.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £294k | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £294k | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1m |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £3.2m | £3.5m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 81 | 98 | 95 | 98 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 3.2% | 3.5% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 12.5% | 12.3% | 12.6% | 11.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £339k | £431k | £469k | £464k |
| Profit per employee | £3.6k | £13.9k | £16.6k | £10.3k |
| Cash conversion | 875.4% | 95.8% | 92.3% | −61.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲53.9% | ▲5.5% | ▲2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲364.6% | ▲15.2% | ▼35.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21% | ▼3.1% | ▲3.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8m | £7m | £10.4m | £8.8m |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £3.1m | £3.8m | £3.9m |
| Fixed assets | £87.7k | £71.5k | £247k | £580k |
| Current assets | £11.1m | £12.9m | £14.4m | £12.2m |
| Debtors | £257k | £308k | £838k | £804k |
| Deferred income | £5.9m | £7.3m | £7.8m | £6.4m |
| Cash from operations | £3m | £1.7m | £1.7m | −£662k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £464k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −61.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £3.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼16%
- Now £8.8m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 98
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £6.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲135%
- Now £580k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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