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Company No. 05824929 · Incorporated 22 May 2006

Holiday Gems Limited

Registered name: HOLIDAY GEMS LIMITED

Part of Specialist Holidays Group Limited group

Holiday Gems Limited made £18.8m revenue and a £14.3k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Holiday Gems Limited’s revenue fell 28% to £18.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £14.3k and 98 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in Chester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 79110Travel agency activities
Status
Active
Location
Chester, North West
Age
20 yrs · since 2006
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. From the filing: “The company's intermediate and ultimate parent company is Travcorp Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. Travcorp Holdings Limited is the largest group into which the results ”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£18.8m
Growth ▼27.6%
Profit
−£14.3k
Growth ▼184.9%
Profit margin
−0.1%
Gross 13.3%
Employees
98
Change ▲3.2%
Profit / employee
−£146
Revenue/employee £192k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£21.5m£28.1m£26m£18.8m
Cost of sales£18.5m£24.6m£22.5m£16.3m
Gross profit£3m£3.4m£3.6m£2.5m
Operating profit£17.6k£77.8k£21.3k−£288k
Profit before tax£15.9k£84.3k£96.8k£2.2k
Profit after tax£203k£21.4k£16.8k−£14.3k
Profit (best available)£203k£21.4k£16.8k−£14.3k
Staff costs£1.4m£1.1m£1.5m£890k
Employees (average)77869598
Ratios
Profit margin0.9%0.1%0.1%−0.1%
Gross margin13.8%12.2%13.7%13.3%
Revenue per employee£279k£326k£274k£192k
Profit per employee£2.6k£249£177−£146
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲30.6%▼7.2%▼27.6%
Profit growth—▼89.4%▼21.6%▼184.9%
Headcount growth—▲11.7%▲10.5%▲3.2%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£234k£162k£329k£453k
Net assets£266k£287k£101k−£414k
Fixed assets£111k£336k£531k£596k
Current assets£4.4m£4.9m£4m£2.8m
Debtors£2.2m£2.1m£1.8m£337k
Deferred income£906k£1m£946k£732k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−0.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
13.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£192k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£146
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
3.2%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
3.9%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
1.8%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼509%
Now −£414k
Cash at bank
▲37%
Now £453k
Headcount
▲3%
Now 98
Deferred income
▼23%
Now £732k
Fixed assets
▲12%
Now £596k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Specialist Holidays Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Holiday Gems Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (7)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£14.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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