CT Travel Group Ltd
Registered name: CT TRAVEL GROUP LTD
Part of John Good & Sons Limited groupCT Travel Group Ltd made £40.9m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2024.
CT Travel Group Ltd’s revenue grew 21% to £40.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2024, with £1.2m profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in Hessle; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hessle, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1997
- 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 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.9m | £40.9m |
| Cost of sales | £29.9m | £35.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | £970k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £968k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £813k | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £813k | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 60 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | 11.6% | 12.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £664k | £681k |
| Profit per employee | £15.9k | £19.2k |
| Cash conversion | −149.9% | −92% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲41.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £4m | £4.5m |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £85.3k | £101k |
| Current assets | £10.1m | £9.9m |
| Debtors | £909k | £940k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.5m | −£1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £681k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −92%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- 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 £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £4.5m
- Headcount
- ▲18%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲18%
- Now £101k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- John Good & Sons Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- The Good Travel Collective Limited75–100%
- CT Travel Group Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Packyourbags.com 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 30 Apr 2024 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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