Imagine Cruising Limited
Registered name: IMAGINE CRUISING LIMITED
Part of Imagine Enterprises Limited groupImagine Cruising Limited made £134m revenue and £9.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Imagine Cruising Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £134m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £9.5m profit and 222 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in Richmond; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Richmond, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £37m | £119m | £133m | £134m |
| Cost of sales | £28m | £90.5m | £102m | £102m |
| Gross profit | £9m | £29m | £30.4m | £32.4m |
| Operating profit | −£7.4m | £7.1m | £9.7m | £9.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£7.2m | £7.1m | £10.3m | £10.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£7.1m | £7.8m | £7.3m | £9.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£7.1m | £7.8m | £7.3m | £9.5m |
| Staff costs | £8.3m | £10.9m | £11.4m | £11.7m |
| Employees (average) | 171 | 181 | 218 | 222 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −19.3% | 6.5% | 5.5% | 7.1% |
| Gross margin | 24.3% | 24.3% | 22.9% | 24.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £216k | £660k | £609k | £605k |
| Profit per employee | −£41.8k | £43.2k | £33.6k | £42.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | 46.5% | 63.1% | −34.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲223.2% | ▲11.1% | ▲1.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼6.2% | ▲29.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▲20.4% | ▲1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.4m | £11.1m | £16.2m | £12.4m |
| Net assets | −£23.9m | −£16.1m | −£8.7m | £759k |
| Fixed assets | £748k | £964k | £2m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £98.7m | £110m | £107m | £85m |
| Debtors | £68.9m | £67.6m | £57.4m | £47.9m |
| Deferred income | £29m | £29m | £28.1m | £24.1m |
| Cash from operations | £4.1m | £3.3m | £6.1m | −£3.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £605k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £42.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −34.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 18%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 35.7%
- 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 £759k
- Cash at bank
- ▼24%
- Now £12.4m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 222
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £24.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £2.2m
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
- Imagine Enterprises Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Imagine Cruising Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Imagine Holidays LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Imagine Transport 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 Mar 2025 (profit £9.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026