International Sports Tours Limited
Registered name: INTERNATIONAL SPORTS TOURS LIMITED
Part of The Portman Travel Group Limited groupInternational Sports Tours Limited made £19.3m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
International Sports Tours Limited’s revenue grew 228% to £19.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £1.7m profit and 56 employees. The company is classified under “tour operator activities” and is based in Chester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chester, North West
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.9m | £19.3m |
| Cost of sales | £4.6m | £14.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | −£775k | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£775k | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£812k | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£812k | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −13.8% | 8.6% |
| Gross margin | 21.3% | 22.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £163k | £344k |
| Profit per employee | −£22.6k | £29.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲228.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲55.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £684k | £155k |
| Net assets | −£395k | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £137k | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £10.7m |
| Debtors | £0 | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £7.4m | £9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £344k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 46.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- 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 £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼77%
- Now £155k
- Headcount
- ▲56%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▲20%
- Now £9m
- Fixed assets
- ▲853%
- Now £1.3m
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
- The Portman Travel Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Destination Sport Limited75–100%
- International Sports Tours Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Amazedm LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Project Active Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Mike Burton Group Holdco 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 31 Dec 2023 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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