Baldwins Travel Agency Limited
Registered name: BALDWINS TRAVEL AGENCY LIMITED
Part of Worldwide Travel Holdings Inc groupBaldwins Travel Agency Limited made £22.2m revenue and £136k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2024.
Baldwins Travel Agency Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £22.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with £136k profit and 56 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £21.6m | £22.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £19.4m | £19.7m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | — | £288k | £421k |
| Profit before tax | — | £108k | £154k |
| Profit after tax | — | £99.5k | £136k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £99.5k | £136k |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 53 | 56 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 10.4% | 11% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £408k | £396k |
| Profit per employee | — | £1.9k | £2.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | 162.8% | −203.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲2.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲36.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲5.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £661k | £341k | £221k |
| Net assets | £8.6k | £108k | £244k |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £6m | £6.2m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £4.1m | £4.5m | £5m |
| Cash from operations | — | £469k | −£855k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £396k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −203.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.4%
- 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
- ▲125%
- Now £244k
- Cash at bank
- ▼35%
- Now £221k
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £2.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Worldwide Travel Holdings Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Baldwins Travel Agency Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2024 (profit £136k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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