Sports Tours Limited
Registered name: SPORTS TOURS LIMITED
Sports Tours Limited made £2.1m revenue and £138k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sports Tours Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £2.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £138k profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “tour operator activities” and is based in Derby; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby, East Midlands
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £535k | £599k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £104k | £188k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £90.3k | £181k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £33.6k | £138k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £33.6k | £138k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £309k | £365k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 1.8% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 28% | 28.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £273k | £261k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £4.8k | £17.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲9.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲310.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲40% | ▲14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £476k | £306k | £249k | £206k |
| Net assets | £696k | £625k | £659k | £797k |
| Fixed assets | £49.3k | £34k | £22.2k | £86.8k |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £0 | £1k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £357k | £610k | £671k | £698k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £261k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 33.4%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £797k
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £206k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▲4%
- Now £698k
- Fixed assets
- ▲291%
- Now £86.8k
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 2025 (profit £138k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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