HPB Travel Club Holdings PLC
Registered name: HPB TRAVEL CLUB HOLDINGS PLC
HPB Travel Club Holdings PLC made £3m revenue and £177k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
HPB Travel Club Holdings PLC’s revenue grew 17% to £3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £177k profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in Newmarket; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newmarket, East of England
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.4m | £2.5m | £3m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.2m | −£1.2m | −£1.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £276k | £273k | £193k |
| Profit before tax | £312k | £333k | £236k |
| Profit after tax | £239k | £252k | £177k |
| Profit (best available) | £239k | £252k | £177k |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 25 | 21 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.8% | 10% | 6% |
| Gross margin | 50.5% | 54.1% | 46.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £106k | £101k | £141k |
| Profit per employee | £10.4k | £10.1k | £8.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4% | ▲17.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.2% | ▼29.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.7% | ▼16% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼16%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- HPB Travel Club LimitedRev. £3m · Profit £198k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £177k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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