The Natural Travel Collection Limited
Registered name: THE NATURAL TRAVEL COLLECTION LIMITED
The Natural Travel Collection Limited made £22.2m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
The Natural Travel Collection Limited’s revenue grew 23% to £22.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.1m profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in Alresford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Alresford, South East
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2011
- 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 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.2m | £17.4m | £18.1m | £22.2m |
| Cost of sales | £8m | £13.8m | £13.7m | £16.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £3.5m | £4.4m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £63.2k | £476k | £790k | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £42.4k | £448k | £807k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £40.6k | £331k | £598k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £40.6k | £331k | £598k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 43 | 47 | 49 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | 1.9% | 3.3% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | 21.5% | 20.4% | 24.4% | 24.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £291k | £404k | £386k | £454k |
| Profit per employee | £1.2k | £7.7k | £12.7k | £23.4k |
| Cash conversion | −960.6% | −31.5% | −78.1% | −116.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲70.7% | ▲4.4% | ▲22.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲717.3% | ▲80.5% | ▲92% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.9% | ▲9.3% | ▲4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £2.8m |
| Net assets | £801k | £1.1m | £1.7m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £83k | £55.7k | £25.5k | £10.4k |
| Current assets | £8.7m | £10.4m | £11.1m | £14.2m |
| Debtors | £6.9m | £8.7m | £9.3m | £11.3m |
| Cash from operations | −£607k | −£150k | −£617k | −£1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £454k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −116.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 50.8%
- 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
- ▲57%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲64%
- Now £2.8m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼59%
- Now £10.4k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (12)
- Cycle Worldwide LtdFigures not disclosed
- Dive Worldwide LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Families Worldwide LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Festival of Wildlife LtdFigures not disclosed
- Oceans Worldwide LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Regal Diving and Tours LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Schools Worldwide LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Travelling Naturalist LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Walks Worldwide LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wild Ambitions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wildfair LtdFigures not disclosed
- Wildlife Worldwide 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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