Ambassador Cruise Holidays Limited
Registered name: AMBASSADOR CRUISE HOLIDAYS LIMITED
Ambassador Cruise Holidays Limited made £48.5m revenue and £181k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2023.
Ambassador Cruise Holidays Limited’s revenue was £48.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with £181k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £48.5m |
| Cost of sales | £0 | £48.1m |
| Gross profit | £0 | £400k |
| Operating profit | −£26.3k | £73.3k |
| Profit before tax | −£26.3k | £181k |
| Profit after tax | −£26.3k | £181k |
| Profit (best available) | −£26.3k | £181k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 0.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £0 | £16.2m |
| Profit per employee | −£13.2k | £60.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £14.5m | £16.5m |
| Net assets | −£26.3k | £155k |
| Current assets | £14.5m | £25.6m |
| Debtors | £65.7k | £9.1m |
| Deferred income | £14.4m | £24.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £16.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £60.3k
- 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
- 51.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.8%
- 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
- —
- Now £155k
- Cash at bank
- ▲14%
- Now £16.5m
- Headcount
- ▲50%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▲72%
- Now £24.9m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2023 (profit £181k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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