Shearings Travel Limited
Registered name: SHEARINGS TRAVEL LIMITED
Part of Leger Shearings Group Topco Ltd groupShearings Travel Limited made £38.5m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Shearings Travel Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £38.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.4m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “tour operator activities” and is based in Rotherham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £43.1m | £44.1m | £35.7m | £38.5m |
| Cost of sales | £33.9m | £34.3m | £27.1m | £28.1m |
| Gross profit | £9.2m | £9.8m | £8.6m | £10.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | 21.3% | 22.3% | 24.1% | 27% |
| Revenue per employee | £8.6m | £8.8m | £7.1m | — |
| Profit per employee | £383k | £300k | £225k | — |
| Cash conversion | — | 110.9% | 67.9% | 26.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▼19.1% | ▲7.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.5% | ▼25.2% | ▲25.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3m | £3.2m |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.1m | £90.2k | £997k |
| Fixed assets | £1k | £1k | £1k | £1k |
| Current assets | £16.1m | £23m | £4.9m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £8.1k | £28.3k | £7.6k | £354 |
| Deferred income | £3.8m | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3.9m |
| Cash from operations | — | £1.4m | £835k | £457k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 26.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- 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
- ▲1006%
- Now £997k
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £3.2m
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲23%
- Now £3.9m
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £1k
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
- Leger Shearings Group Topco Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Leger Shearings Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Leger Shearings Group (Property) Limited75–100%
- Leger Shearings Group Limited75–100%
- Shearings Travel Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Shearings Transport LtdRev. £20.8m · Profit £0
Sister companies (2)
- Leger Holidays LimitedRev. £40.4m · Profit £2.4m
- Leger Air Holidays LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit £320k
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 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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