BBTF Travel Limited
Registered name: BBTF TRAVEL LIMITED
Part of Protravel International, Llc groupBBTF Travel Limited made £658k revenue and a £36.4k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
BBTF Travel Limited’s revenue fell 61% to £658k in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £36.4k and 5 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.7m | £658k |
| Cost of sales | £110k | £26.7k |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £632k |
| Operating profit | £11.4k | −£5k |
| Profit before tax | £13.2k | −£2.8k |
| Profit after tax | −£24.7k | −£36.4k |
| Profit (best available) | −£24.7k | −£36.4k |
| Staff costs | £818k | £182k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −1.5% | −5.5% |
| Gross margin | 93.4% | 95.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £111k | £132k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.6k | −£7.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼60.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼66.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £388k | £77.3k |
| Net assets | £761k | £724k |
| Fixed assets | £23.6k | £19.3k |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Debtors | £288k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £97.9k | £3.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 95.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £132k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- 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
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £724k
- Cash at bank
- ▼80%
- Now £77.3k
- Headcount
- ▼67%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- ▼96%
- Now £3.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £19.3k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Protravel International, Llc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Global Travel Collection UK, Ltd75–100%
- Altour International Limited75–100%
- BBTF Travel Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Infinity Travel 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 Dec 2023 (profit −£36.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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