Alfa Holidays Limited
Registered name: ALFA HOLIDAYS LIMITED
Part of Alfa Leisureplex Trustees Limited groupAlfa Holidays Limited made £63.7m revenue and £4.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Alfa Holidays Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £63.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.8m profit and 47 employees. The company is classified under “tour operator activities” and is based in Chorley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chorley, North West
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1988
- 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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.3m | £48.7m | £58.4m | £63.7m |
| Cost of sales | £41.2m | £46.9m | −£56.3m | −£61.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m | −£708k | −£732k | −£930k |
| Profit before tax | £218k | £6.4m | £3.6m | £5m |
| Profit after tax | £516k | £6.3m | £3.4m | £4.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £516k | £6.3m | £3.4m | £4.8m |
| Staff costs | £880k | £1m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 42 | 43 | 47 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 13% | 5.8% | 7.4% |
| Gross margin | 2.6% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | £13.6k | £150k | £79k | £101k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.1% | ▲19.8% | ▲9.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1125% | ▼46.2% | ▲39.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.5% | ▲2.4% | ▲9.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £100k | £181k | — | — |
| Net assets | £5.8m | £6.1m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £968k | £1.1m | — | — |
| Current assets | £12.7m | £10.3m | — | — |
| Debtors | £126k | £6.7k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £2.3m | £3.1m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £101k
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now 47
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Alfa Leisureplex Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Alfa Holiday Group Limited75–100%
- Alfa Holidays Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Alfa Coaches LimitedRev. £15.6m · Profit £3.2m
Sister companies (2)
- Alfa Hotels LimitedRev. £34.5m · Profit £2.8m
- David Urquhart Holidays LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
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 £4.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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