Landtourer Coaches Limited
Registered name: LANDTOURER COACHES LIMITED
Landtourer Coaches Limited made £4.9m revenue and a £565k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Landtourer Coaches Limited’s revenue fell 20% to £4.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £565k and 52 employees. The company is classified under “other passenger land transport” and is based in Alton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Alton, South East
- 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 | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £3.2m | £5.5m | £6.1m | £4.9m |
| Cost of sales | £2.5m | £4.8m | £5.9m | £4.7m |
| Gross profit | £650k | £612k | £243k | £279k |
| Operating profit | £215k | £11.3k | −£163k | −£395k |
| Profit before tax | £187k | −£52.3k | −£292k | −£565k |
| Profit after tax | £107k | −£1.4k | −£292k | −£565k |
| Profit (best available) | £107k | −£1.4k | −£292k | −£565k |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 57 | 64 | 52 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 0% | −4.8% | −11.5% |
| Gross margin | 20.4% | 11.2% | 4% | 5.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £69.4k | £95.8k | £95.9k | £94.8k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | −£25 | −£4.6k | −£10.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲71.1% | ▲12.4% | ▼19.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼101.3% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.9% | ▲12.3% | ▼18.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £272 | £272 | £2.1k | £6k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £65.7k | £42.6k | £20k |
| Fixed assets | £355k | £85k | £85k | £85k |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £59.3k | £2.7k | £6.2k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £200 | £200 |
| Deferred income | £11k | £12.2k | £17.1k | £17.6k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −11.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £94.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£10.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▼53%
- Now £20k
- Cash at bank
- ▲187%
- Now £6k
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £17.6k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £85k
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 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£565k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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