Explore Worldwide Limited
Private Limited Company · Farnborough
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 1981Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Company accounts
Net assets
−£635,000
Cash
£6,532,000
Turnover
£69,146,000
Profit / loss
−£1,239,000
Current assets
£19,243,000
Creditors < 1 year
£21,984,000
Equity
−£635,000
Average employees
100
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · companyFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
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| Reported figures | 2025-12-31Company · AI-read | 2024-10-31Company · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | −£635,000 | £683,000 |
| Equity | −£635,000 | £683,000 |
| Share capital | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| Retained earnings | £919,000 | £2,158,000 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | £2,106,000 | £4,402,000 |
| Intangible assets | £231,000 | £2,336,000 |
| Property, plant & equipment | £1,374,000 | £1,565,000 |
| Investments | £501,000 | £501,000 |
| Current assets | £19,243,000 | £19,080,000 |
| Cash at bank | £6,532,000 | £7,769,000 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £21,984,000 | £22,799,000 |
| Net current assets | −£2,741,000 | −£3,719,000 |
| Assets less current liabilities | −£635,000 | £683,000 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Turnover | £69,146,000 | £53,903,000 |
| Cost of sales | £49,328,000 | £39,781,000 |
| Gross profit | £19,818,000 | £14,122,000 |
| Administrative expenses | £18,303,000 | £11,031,000 |
| Other operating income | £55,000 | £56,000 |
| Operating profit | −£2,447,000 | £3,147,000 |
| Interest receivable | £237,000 | £185,000 |
| Interest payable | £29,000 | £223,000 |
| Profit before tax | −£2,239,000 | £3,092,000 |
| Tax | −£1,000,000 | £241,000 |
| Profit / loss | −£1,239,000 | £2,851,000 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Depreciation | £249,000 | £279,000 |
| Amortisation | £71,000 | £44,000 |
| Operating lease charges | — | £138,000 |
| People & pay | ||
| Average employees | 100 | 94 |
| Staff costs | £19,000 | £15,000 |
| Pension costs | £237,000 | £198,000 |
| Directors' remuneration | £293,000 | £200,000 |
| Highest paid director | £293,000 | £200,000 |
| Energy & carbon | ||
| Energy use | 125,550 kWh | 88,662 kWh |
| Greenhouse gas emissions | 18 t CO₂e | 17 t CO₂e |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Immediate parent
- Hotelplan (U.K. Group) Limited
- Ultimate parent
- REWE ZentralFinanz EG
- Ultimate controlling party
- REWE ZentralFinanz EG
- Accounts
- FRS 102
- Approved
- 2026-06-30, signed by F P Torrilla
Subsidiaries (4)
- Explore Aviation Limited · 100% · Nelson House, 55 Victoria Road, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 7PA
- Adventure Travel Experience Inc · 100% · 75 State Street, Suite 100, Boston MA 02109, USA
- Explore Worldwide Australia Pty · 100% · Unit D, 107 Alfred Street, Fortitude Valley, QLD 4006, Australia
- Explore Worldwide Adventures Ltd · 100% · 144 Front Street West Suite 460, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2L7
Turnover by segment (6)
- United Kingdom: 53,806 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Europe: 2,478 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Rest of the world: 12,862 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- United Kingdom: 41,749 (000s) (2024-10-31)
- Europe: 1,657 (000s) (2024-10-31)
- Rest of the world: 10,497 (000s) (2024-10-31)
Related parties (2)
- a former director · former director · holidays provided at a discount · £2k (discount of £1k)
- the directors · directors · holidays provided at a discount · £24k (discount of £11k)
Share classes (1)
- 100,000 Ordinary of £1.00
Events after the year end (1)
- There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.
Contingent liabilities (1)
- The Company is a party of the group-wide financial guarantee with the CAA in respect of the ATOL Scheme.
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
0 outstanding chargesShow 4 satisfied / released
Floating · created 2014-09-04 · satisfied 2015-12-01
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SatisfiedFloating · created 2012-06-29 · satisfied 2015-12-01
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SatisfiedShares · created 2008-06-11 · satisfied 2012-07-03
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SatisfiedFixed · created 1995-03-16 · satisfied 2000-11-17
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Satisfied