Destination Sport Limited
Registered name: DESTINATION SPORT LIMITED
Part of The Portman Travel Group Limited groupDestination Sport Limited made £208m revenue and a £6.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Destination Sport Limited’s revenue grew 82% to £208m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £6.5m. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £108m | £114m | £208m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£86.2m | −£80.5m | −£177m |
| Gross profit | — | £21.5m | £33.8m | £30.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.1m | £4.1m | −£13.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.2m | £4.6m | −£8.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.9m | −£2.7m | £3.4m | −£6.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.9m | −£2.7m | £3.4m | −£6.5m |
| Staff costs | £4m | £5.8m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 81 | 118 | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −2.5% | 3% | −3.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 19.9% | 29.6% | 14.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £912k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£23.9k | −£23.1k | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲6.2% | ▲81.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼292% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲45.7% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £4.1m | — | — |
| Net assets | −£2.4m | £1.7m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £14.2m | £29.7m | — | — |
| Current assets | £18m | £29.8m | — | — |
| Debtors | £16.9m | £25.7m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £6.2m | £2.5m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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 —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Portman Travel Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Destination Sport Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- International Sports Tours LimitedRev. £19.3m · Profit £1.7m
- Amazedm LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Project Active Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Mike Burton Group Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Elegant Resorts LimitedRev. £55.7m · Profit £1.8m
- Clarity Travel LimitedRev. £32.8m · Profit £23.2m
- One Global Travel LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£6.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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