EUROPEAN WATERWAYS LIMITED
Company number 01296047 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
European Waterways Limited has built a defensible niche in luxury inland waterway cruising, with strategic momentum evidenced by record £15.04m revenues, fleet expansion through acquisition, and a decisive shift toward owned assets and direct distribution that strengthens margin capture. The company's primary strategic imperative is to balance geographic concentration risk in France against the proven demand engine of North American luxury travelers, while continuing to build the fleet and management capacity needed to sustain growth beyond its current two-director leadership structure.
Shareholders' funds
£3,954,620
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activities of the company remain the provision of cruises on board boutique floating hotel barges on the waterways of Europe. The company also sells cruises on third party owned vessels as a tour operator.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1977-01-27
- Employees
- 17 (2025 accounts · was 24 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 55 Station Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1QL
- Postcode
- HP9 1QL
- Capital
- 40,600 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-23
- Next due by
- 2027-04-06
Nature of business (SIC)
- 79110 Travel agency activities
Officers 4 current · 2 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
Controlled by EUROPEAN WATERWAYS GROUP LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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TRANQUIL TRAVEL LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z1045080 (Tier 2), registered since 2007.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- europeanwaterways.com
Take a barge cruise on one of European Waterways luxury vessels and discover the best Europe’s canals and rivers have to offer!
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FLOT' HOME (U.K.) LIMITED | 1994-01-07 |
| MORTONBROOK LIMITED | 1977-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 66 WIGMORE STREET, LONDON, W1U 2SB, UNITED KINGDOM | 2010-09-09 |
| AMBERLEY PLACE, 107-111 PEASCOD STREET, WINDSOR, BERKSHIRE, SL4 1TE | 2010-02-15 |
| REDMEAD HOUSE, UXBRIDGE RD, HILLINGDON HEATH, UXBRIDGE MIDDX UB10 0LT | 2007-02-14 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 62 similar companies in HP
The largest employer among its local peers (17 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1977.
No.1 of the largest travel agency activities companies in High Wycombe →
Competitors High Wycombe
This company ranks 1 among travel agency activities in High Wycombe.
The class of 1977
51%
of the 7,314 companies incorporated in 1977 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.