If Only Holidays Limited
Registered name: IF ONLY HOLIDAYS LIMITED
Part of The Portman Travel Group Limited groupIf Only Holidays Limited made £32.6m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text
If Only Holidays Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £32.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £1m profit and 59 employees. The company is classified under “tour operator activities” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.2m | £32.6m |
| Cost of sales | £26m | £28.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £4m |
| Operating profit | −£61.6k | £198k |
| Profit before tax | −£61.1k | £210k |
| Profit after tax | £152k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £152k | £1m |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 59 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 10.8% | 12.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £550k | £553k |
| Profit per employee | £2.9k | £17.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲572.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £963k | £2.2m |
| Net assets | −£6.4m | −£5.4m |
| Fixed assets | £362k | £398k |
| Current assets | £7.1m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £283k | £287k |
| Deferred income | £7.9m | £7.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £553k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.4k
- 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
- 24.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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 −£5.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲128%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 59
- Deferred income
- ▼0%
- Now £7.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £398k
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
- The Portman Travel Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Elegant Resorts Limited75–100%
- If Only Holidays Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Elegant Resorts Transport 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 2023 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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