Ace Travel (Scotland) Ltd.
Registered name: ACE TRAVEL (SCOTLAND) LTD.
Ace Travel (Scotland) Ltd. made £5.3m revenue and £119k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Ace Travel (Scotland) Ltd.’s revenue grew 20% to £5.3m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £119k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in Shotts; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shotts, Scotland
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.6m | £3m | £4.5m | £5.3m |
| Cost of sales | £745k | £1.3m | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Gross profit | £862k | £1.7m | £2.7m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £270k | £616k | £953k | £377k |
| Profit before tax | £225k | £554k | £887k | £148k |
| Profit after tax | £179k | £434k | £746k | £119k |
| Profit (best available) | £179k | £434k | £746k | £119k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.2% | 14.3% | 16.8% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 53.6% | 57.6% | 60.3% | 57.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £115k | £152k | £223k | £267k |
| Profit per employee | £12.8k | £21.7k | £37.3k | £6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲88.6% | ▲47% | ▲19.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲142% | ▲72% | ▼84% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲42.9% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £86.5k | £562k | £676k | £524k |
| Net assets | £446k | £878k | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £2.1m | £2.8m | £4.4m |
| Current assets | £395k | £733k | £1.1m | £728k |
| Debtors | £250k | £43k | £151k | £61.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £267k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 82%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £524k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲57%
- Now £4.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £119k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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