Virgin Holidays Limited
Registered name: VIRGIN HOLIDAYS LIMITED
Part of Virgin Atlantic Limited groupVirgin Holidays Limited made £539m revenue and £35.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Virgin Holidays Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £539m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £35.7m profit and 18 employees. The company is classified under “tour operator activities” and is based in Crawley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Crawley, South East
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1984
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £471m | £517m | £539m |
| Cost of sales | −£418m | −£471m | −£494m |
| Gross profit | £52.7m | £45.7m | £44.5m |
| Operating profit | £6.4m | £6m | −£3m |
| Profit before tax | £31.9m | £48.1m | £35.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £31.9m | £48.1m | £35.7m |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.8% | 9.3% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | 11.2% | 8.8% | 8.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £29.4m | £30.4m | £29.9m |
| Profit per employee | £2m | £2.8m | £2m |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.8% | ▲4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲50.9% | ▼25.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▲5.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £29.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2m
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now 18
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Virgin Atlantic Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Virgin Atlantic Two Limited75–100%
- Virgin Travel Group Limited75–100%
- Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited75–100%
- Virgin Holidays Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Va Cargo LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vaa Holdings UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Virglease (3) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Virglease (4) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £35.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026