K E Adventure Travel Ltd
Registered name: K E ADVENTURE TRAVEL LTD
Part of Voyageurs Du Monde Sa groupK E Adventure Travel Ltd made £10.2m revenue and £833k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
K E Adventure Travel Ltd’s revenue grew 6% to £10.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £833k profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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.
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 | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £9.3m | £9.7m | £10.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £6.6m | £6.8m | £7.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.7m | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £764k | £570k | £626k |
| Profit before tax | — | £1m | £863k | £994k |
| Profit after tax | — | £834k | £695k | £833k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £834k | £695k | £833k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 27 | 29 | 33 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 9% | 7.2% | 8.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 29.3% | 29.7% | 30.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £321k | £293k | £276k |
| Profit per employee | — | £28.8k | £21.1k | £22.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲3.9% | ▲5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼16.7% | ▲20% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.4% | ▲13.8% | ▲12.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £3m | £2.9m | £2.8m |
| Net assets | £3.7m | £4.9m | £4.4m | £4.6m |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3.2m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £4.2m | £3.9m | £4m |
| Debtors | £428k | £412k | £452k | £467k |
| Deferred income | — | £163k | £164k | £156k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £276k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 31.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £2.8m
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- ▼5%
- Now £156k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £3.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Voyageurs Du Monde Sa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- K E Adventure Travel Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Mickledore Travel LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £833k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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