Crown Sightseeing Limited
Registered name: CROWN SIGHTSEEING LIMITED
Crown Sightseeing Limited made £15.7m revenue and £883k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Crown Sightseeing Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £15.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £883k profit and 54 employees. The company is classified under “tour operator activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.1m | £10.2m | £14.4m | £15.7m |
| Profit after tax | £46.3k | £1.9m | £1.6m | £883k |
| Profit (best available) | £46.3k | £1.9m | £1.6m | £883k |
| Staff costs | £217k | £582k | £730k | £838k |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 30 | 42 | 54 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 18.2% | 11% | 5.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £110k | £339k | £342k | £291k |
| Profit per employee | £2.4k | £61.8k | £37.6k | £16.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲41.2% | ▲9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼14.8% | ▼44% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲40% | ▲28.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £695k | £1.3m | £1.3m | £764k |
| Net assets | £46.6k | £900k | £480k | £364k |
| Current assets | £836k | £2m | £2.2m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £53.1k | £163k | £328k | £308k |
| Cash from operations | £1.4m | £2.5m | £2m | £853k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £291k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2%
- 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
- ▼24%
- Now £364k
- Cash at bank
- ▼41%
- Now £764k
- Headcount
- ▲29%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
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 2024 (profit £883k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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