Ma Travel Retail Limited
Registered name: MA TRAVEL RETAIL LIMITED
Part of Mark Allen Holdings Limited groupMa Travel Retail Limited made £2.1m revenue and £541k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Ma Travel Retail Limited’s revenue was £2.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £541k profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “other publishing activities” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 18 Sep 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No profit & loss | No profit & loss | Profit & loss | No profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £3.8m | — | £2.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£2.4m | — | −£1.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.4m | — | £903k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £937k | — | £732k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £897k | — | £737k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £686k | — | £541k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £686k | — | £541k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 18.2% | — | 25.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 36.6% | — | 42.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £314k | — | £163k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £57.1k | — | £41.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | — | 0% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.2m | — | £939k | — |
| Net assets | £5.1m | £4m | — | £2.7m | — |
| Fixed assets | £788k | £829k | — | £56.9k | — |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £4.5m | — | £3.5m | — |
| Debtors | £501k | £878k | — | £873k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 25.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £163k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £41.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mark Allen Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ma Exhibitions Limited75–100%
- Sixth Continent Holdings Limited75–100%
- Sixth Continent Intelligence Limited75–100%
- Ma Travel Retail Limitedthis 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 accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £541k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026