Destinology Limited
Registered name: DESTINOLOGY LIMITED
Part of Brooklyn Travel Holdings Limited groupDestinology Limited made £60.3m revenue and £914k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Destinology Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £60.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £914k profit and 89 employees. The company is classified under “tour operator activities” and is based in Northwood; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northwood, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £51.7m | £54.3m | £59.7m | £60.3m |
| Cost of sales | £44.4m | £47.7m | £52.4m | £53.1m |
| Gross profit | £7.3m | £6.7m | £7.3m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £180k | £336k | £846k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £574k | £789k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £437k | £587k | £914k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £437k | £587k | £914k |
| Staff costs | £4.1m | £4.5m | £4.9m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 100 | 111 | 109 | 89 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 0.8% | 1% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 14.1% | 12.3% | 12.2% | 11.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £517k | £490k | £548k | £677k |
| Profit per employee | £11.5k | £3.9k | £5.4k | £10.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5% | ▲9.9% | ▲0.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼62% | ▲34.2% | ▲55.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11% | ▼1.8% | ▼18.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7m | £7.3m | £8.2m | £9.8m |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.6m | £2.2m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £129k | £253k | £440k | £454k |
| Current assets | £16.2m | £17.3m | £20.1m | £22.4m |
| Debtors | £8.9m | £9.4m | £11.1m | £12.1m |
| Deferred income | £635k | £515k | £464k | £383k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £677k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.1%
- 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
- ▲42%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲19%
- Now £9.8m
- Headcount
- ▼18%
- Now 89
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £383k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £454k
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
- Brooklyn Travel Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Brooklyn Travel Limited75–100%
- Destinology Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Stewart Travel LimitedRev. £123m · Profit £5.2m
- Canterbury Travel (London) LimitedRev. £38.7m · Profit £3.1m
- BBBR Trading LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Billian I.T. Solutions LimitedRev. — · Profit £106k
- Gazelle Travel LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.3m
- North America Travel Service 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 £914k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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