Americana Vacations Public Limited Company
Registered name: AMERICANA VACATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Americana Vacations Public Limited Company made £1.2m revenue and £12.4k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Americana Vacations Public Limited Company’s revenue fell 3% to £1.2m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £12.4k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Public 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 controlled by Mr M Gandesha by virtue of his shareholding.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Cost of sales | £1m | £1.2m | £1m | £985k |
| Gross profit | £260k | £269k | £260k | £246k |
| Operating profit | £41.6k | £15.9k | −£4.3k | £14.7k |
| Profit before tax | £40.7k | £15.8k | −£3.7k | £15.9k |
| Profit after tax | £31.2k | £11.5k | −£3.7k | £12.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £31.2k | £11.5k | −£3.7k | £12.4k |
| Staff costs | £159k | £163k | £177k | £146k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 0.8% | −0.3% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 19.9% | 18.1% | 20.4% | 20% |
| Revenue per employee | £218k | £249k | £212k | £205k |
| Profit per employee | £5.2k | £1.9k | −£612 | £2.1k |
| Cash conversion | 131.9% | 306.2% | — | −101.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▼14.8% | ▼3.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼63.2% | ▼132% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £192k | £106k | £87.2k | £84.1k |
| Net assets | £133k | £122k | £117k | £120k |
| Fixed assets | £8.3k | £6.6k | £5.9k | £4.8k |
| Current assets | £220k | £192k | £173k | £173k |
| Debtors | £6.6k | £69.6k | £67.7k | £71.8k |
| Deferred income | £5.5k | £5.9k | £6.2k | £7k |
| Cash from operations | £54.8k | £48.7k | £2.5k | −£14.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £205k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −101.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £120k
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £84.1k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- ▲13%
- Now £7k
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £4.8k
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 May 2025 (profit £12.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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