Www.cruise.co.uk Limited
Registered name: WWW.CRUISE.CO.UK LIMITED
Part of Hays Travel Group Limited groupWww.cruise.co.uk Limited made £19.9m revenue and £3.6m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2024.
Www.cruise.co.uk Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £19.9m in the year to 30 Nov 2024, with £3.6m profit and 186 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in Redditch; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Redditch
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13m | £18.4m | £19.9m |
| Operating profit | −£686k | £2.5m | £4.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£573k | £2.8m | £4.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£7.1k | £2.3m | £3.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£7.1k | £2.3m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 177 | 191 | 186 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.1% | 12.4% | 18.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £73.7k | £96.3k | £107k |
| Profit per employee | −£40 | £11.9k | £19.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲41.1% | ▲8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲60.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.9% | ▼2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £107k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.6k
- 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
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 186
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hays Travel Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hays Travel Limited75–100%
- Victoria Travel Group Limited75–100%
- Www.cruise.co.uk Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (11)
- 1 Stop Cruise Shop LimitedFigures not disclosed
- All Cruises LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cruise.co.uk LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cruisereaderoffers.co.uk LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cruises.co.uk LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Reader Offer Cruises LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Reader Offer Holidays LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Victoria Cruises LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Victoria Travel Service LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Www.cruise.co.uk Transport LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Www.cruises.co.uk LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Cruise.co Finco LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Nov 2024 (profit £3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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