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Company Registration Number:
31 DECEMBER 2025
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OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED
COMPANY INFORMATION
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OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED
CONTENTS
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OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.
The directors are responsible for preparing the Directors' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies for the Company's financial statements and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The directors who served during the year were:
Under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006, Armstrong Watson Audit Limited will be deemed to have been reappointed as auditors 28 days after these financial statements were sent to members or 28 days after the latest date prescribed for filing the accounts with the registrar, whichever is earlier.
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OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED
DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
In preparing this report, the directors have taken advantage of the small companies exemptions provided by section 415A of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Ovation Travel Group UK Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 December 2025, which comprise the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, the Balance Sheet and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
We draw attention to note 2.4 in the financial statements, which explains that the Company is expected to be dissolved following a group restructuring which is expected to be completed within the 12 months of the issue of these financial statements or shortly thereafter. As stated in note 2.4, these events indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Therefore, the Directors do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern as described in Note 2.4. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
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OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED (CONTINUED)
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditors' Report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Directors' Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Directors' Report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Directors' Report.
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OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED (CONTINUED)
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an Auditors' Report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows: • the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and knowledge of the Company to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations. • we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management and review of appropriate industry knowledge. Key laws and regulations we identified during the audit were the UK Companies Act 2006 and tax legislation and UK employment legislation; • we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above by making enquiries of management and • identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit. We assessed the susceptibility of the Company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by: • making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and • considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations. To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we: • performed analytical procedures as a risk assessment tool to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships; • tested journal entries recorded on the Company’s finance system to identify unusual transactions that may indicate override of controls; • reviewed key judgements and estimates for any evidence of management bias. • reviewed the application of accounting policies with focus on those with heightened estimation uncertainty. In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to: • agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation and • enquiring of management to identify actual and potential litigation and claims.
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OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED (CONTINUED)
Due to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. For example, as with any audit, there remains a higher risk of non-detection of irregularities, as these may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal controls. We are not responsible for preventing fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations and cannot be expected to detect all fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditors' Report.
This report is made solely to the Company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditors' Report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
for and on behalf of
Chartered Accountants & Statututory Auditors
89 Seaward Street
G41 1HJ
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OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED
REGISTERED NUMBER: 11380723
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2025
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 9 to 13 form part of these financial statements.
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OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Ovation Travel Group UK Limited is a private company limited by shares, incorporated in England. The company's principal place of business is 33 Charterhouse Street, Farringdon, London, EC1M 6HA.
2.Accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006. The disclosure requirements of Section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
The following principal accounting policies have been applied:
The Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by the FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":
∙the requirements of Section 33 Related Party Disclosures paragraph 33.7.
This information is included in the consolidated financial statements of Global Business Travel Group, Inc. as at 31 December 2025 and these financial statements may be obtained from 666 Third Avenue, 4th Floor, New York NY 10017, United States.
The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of GBT Travel Services UK Limited and of its ultimate parent company, Global Business Travel Group Inc. (GBTG), a company incorporated in Delaware, New York, USA. The Company is included in the consolidated financial statements of GBTG which are publicly available.
The Company is exempt by virtue of s401 of the United Kingdom Companies Act 2006 from the requirement to prepare group financial statements. These financial statements present information about the Company as an individual undertaking and not about its group.
In preparing these financial statements, the Directors of the company have given careful consideration to current and anticipated future solvency requirements of the company and the appropriateness of preparing the financial statements on a going concern basis. As a result of a group-wide restructuring, the Directors expect that within the 12 months from the issue of these financial statements that Ovation Travel Group UK Limited will be voluntarily struck off. The dissolution is directed towards providing a consolidated group structure of the Global Business Travel Group.
As a result of this expected restructuring the Directors have prepared these financial statements on a non-going concern basis under the expectation that the company Ovation Travel Group UK Limited will be dissolved either within 12 months of the date of issue of these financial statements or shortly thereafter. The anticipated costs of dissolution have been considered nominal at this stage and therefore, no such provisions have been accrued into these financial statements.
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OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
Functional and presentation currency
Transactions and balances
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OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
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OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Profit and loss account
The completion of the merger is subject to customary closing conditions, including shareholder approval and required regulatory clearances. The transaction is expected to complete in the second half of 2026. After completion GBTG will no longer be a publicly listed company. This transaction represents a non-adjusting post-balance sheet event for the Company. It is not practical to estimate the financial effect of the merger on the Company at this stage, and the merger is not expected to impact the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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OVATION TRAVEL GROUP UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
The immediate parent of the Company is
The ultimate parent company and controlling party is Global Business Travel Group, Inc. (GBTG), a Delaware corporation, which is publicly-traded on the NYSE under the stock symbol GBTG. Additional information about Global Business Travel Group, Inc. can be found on our investor relations page at (https://investors.amexglobalbusinesstravel .com/overview/default .aspx) and in SEC filings. For the year to 31 December 2025 the smallest and largest group to consolidate these financial statements is Global Business Travel Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Copies of the Global Business Travel Group, Inc. consolidated financial statements can be obtained from 666 Third Avenue, 4th Floor, New York NY 10017, United States.
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