Destination 2 Limited
Registered name: DESTINATION 2 LIMITED
Part of Specialist Holidays Group Limited groupDestination 2 Limited made £91.9m revenue and £564k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Destination 2 Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £91.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £564k profit and 46 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in Chester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chester, North West
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 ”
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £70.4m | £81.5m | £86.3m | £91.9m |
| Cost of sales | £60m | £69.5m | £72m | £76.3m |
| Gross profit | £10.4m | £12m | £14.2m | £15.6m |
| Operating profit | £918k | £246k | £920k | £19.9k |
| Profit before tax | £925k | £951k | £2m | £598k |
| Profit after tax | £828k | £899k | £1.8m | £564k |
| Profit (best available) | £828k | £899k | £1.8m | £564k |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £3.9m | £4m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 37 | 40 | 46 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 1.1% | 2.1% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 14.8% | 14.7% | 16.5% | 17% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2m |
| Profit per employee | £27.6k | £24.3k | £45.9k | £12.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.8% | ▲5.8% | ▲6.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲8.6% | ▲104.3% | ▼69.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.3% | ▲8.1% | ▲15% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £18.4m | £21.4m | £23.6m | £19.1m |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £2.2m | £4.1m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £150k | £588k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £32.9m | £39.3m | £45.7m | £36m |
| Debtors | £14m | £17.5m | £21.1m | £5.6m |
| Deferred income | £823k | £754k | £760k | £619k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- 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
- ▼64%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £19.1m
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- ▼19%
- Now £619k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £1.1m
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
- Specialist Holidays Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Destination 2 Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Holiday Gems LimitedRev. £18.8m · Profit −£14.3k
- Cordon Associates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Destination 2 Cruise LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Specialist Holidays (Travel) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Travcorp Group Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Travcorp Holdings Transport LtdFigures not disclosed
- Travelmood 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 2025 (profit £564k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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