Black Prince Holidays Limited
Registered name: BLACK PRINCE HOLIDAYS LIMITED
Part of Ham 2025 Limited groupBlack Prince Holidays Limited made £259k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Black Prince Holidays Limited reported £259k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 17 employees. The company is classified under “inland passenger water transport” and is based in Hallingbury, Bishops Stortford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hallingbury, Bishops Stortford, East of England
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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. From the filing: “The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harlow Agricultural Merchants Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office, and principal place of business, of Harlow Agricu”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £739k | £252k | −£32.4k | £259k |
| Profit (best available) | £739k | £252k | −£32.4k | £259k |
| Employees (average) | 27 | 17 | 18 | 17 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £27.4k | £14.8k | −£1.8k | £15.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼65.9% | ▼112.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼37% | ▲5.9% | ▼5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £1.7m | £1.4m | £476k |
| Net assets | £7.7m | £7.9m | £5m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £4.3m | £4.6m | £5.1m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £16.3k | £42.4k | £79.4k | £37.4k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.3k
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼66%
- Now £476k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £5.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ham 2025 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Harlow Agricultural Merchants Limited75–100%
- Black Prince Holidays Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Deepseas LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Needham Chalks (Ham) LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.5m
- The Horse & Country Store 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 Jan 2025 (profit £259k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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