Minibus Travel Services Ltd.
Registered name: MINIBUS TRAVEL SERVICES LTD.
Part of Mobility Holdings Limited groupMinibus Travel Services Ltd. made £2.6m revenue and £978k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Minibus Travel Services Ltd.’s revenue fell 3% to £2.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £978k profit and 91 employees. The company is classified under “other passenger land transport” and is based in Horsham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Horsham, South East
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1m | £978k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1m | £978k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 118 | 108 | 93 | 91 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 37.4% | 37% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 51.3% | 47.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £29.2k | £29.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £10.9k | £10.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −91.3% | −100.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼2.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼3.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.5% | ▼13.9% | ▼2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.7m | £4.2m | £4.6m | £4.8m |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £4.4m | £5.1m | £6.2m |
| Fixed assets | £124k | £112k | £92k | £105k |
| Current assets | £4m | £4.5m | £5.5m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £0 | £5.7k | £4.6k | £40.9k |
| Deferred income | £106k | £110k | £109k | £20.5k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.1m | −£1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 37%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £29.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −100.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £6.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲5%
- Now £4.8m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 91
- Deferred income
- ▼81%
- Now £20.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £105k
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
- Mobility Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Minibus Travel Services Ltd.this 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 Apr 2025 (profit £978k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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