The Turquoise Holiday Company Limited
Registered name: THE TURQUOISE HOLIDAY COMPANY LIMITED
The Turquoise Holiday Company Limited made £25.2m revenue and £676k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
The Turquoise Holiday Company Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £25.2m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £676k profit and 44 employees. The company is classified under “tour operator activities” and is based in Beaconsfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Beaconsfield, South East
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.2m | £21.3m | £20m | £25.2m |
| Cost of sales | £13.1m | £18.4m | £16.2m | £20.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £2.9m | £3.8m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | −£249k | £172k | £456k | £804k |
| Profit before tax | −£160k | £164k | £570k | £937k |
| Profit after tax | −£7.4k | £358k | £516k | £676k |
| Profit (best available) | −£7.4k | £358k | £516k | £676k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.9m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 41 | 42 | 44 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.1% | 1.7% | 2.6% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 13.8% | 13.7% | 19.1% | 18.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £489k | £520k | £477k | £572k |
| Profit per employee | −£237 | £8.7k | £12.3k | £15.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | −79.6% | 207.9% | 145.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼6.1% | ▲25.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲43.9% | ▲31.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲2.4% | ▲4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.4m | £4.1m | £4.8m | £5.8m |
| Net assets | −£1.3m | −£1.1m | −£414k | £10.3k |
| Fixed assets | £24.9k | £53.4k | £89.6k | £93.4k |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £5.9m | £6.7m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £46.5k | £55k | £27.7k | £42.1k |
| Deferred income | £5m | £4.1m | £4.8m | £5m |
| Cash from operations | £2m | −£137k | £948k | £1.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £572k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 145.6%
- 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
- 20.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- —
- Now £10.3k
- Cash at bank
- ▲19%
- Now £5.8m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £93.4k
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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £676k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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