A.c.tours Limited
Registered name: A.C.TOURS LIMITED
Part of The Ruslin Travel Company Ltd groupA.c.tours Limited made £24.6m revenue and £868k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
A.c.tours Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £24.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £868k profit and 65 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £19.6m | £24.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £15.7m | £19.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.9m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £910k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £871k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £932k | £868k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £932k | £868k |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 38 | 50 | 65 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 4.8% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 19.8% | 22.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £392k | £378k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £18.6k | £13.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲25.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼6.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.6% | ▲31.6% | ▲30% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £182k | £74.9k | £116k | £108k |
| Net assets | −£2.5m | −£1.9m | −£1m | −£139k |
| Fixed assets | £359k | £261k | £171k | £70.2k |
| Current assets | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.6m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £190k | £452k | £701k | £612k |
| Deferred income | £381k | £357k | £493k | £545k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £378k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- 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 −£139k
- Cash at bank
- ▼7%
- Now £108k
- Headcount
- ▲30%
- Now 65
- Deferred income
- ▲11%
- Now £545k
- Fixed assets
- ▼59%
- Now £70.2k
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 Ruslin Travel Company Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- A.c.tours Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- A.c. Tours Scotland 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 2025 (profit £868k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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