BAY TRAVEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00955262 · ltd · incorporated 1969-05-30

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 50.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Tour operator activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 50.7y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 50.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

15 officers (4 active, 15 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

122 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	200	200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2026-02-03
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-03
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-30
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BAILEY, Sarah Anne resigned
director
2025-10-27
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-10-27
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-10-27
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-10-27
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Charge satisfied #3
2025-10-27
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Charge satisfied #2
2025-10-27
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Charge satisfied #1
2024-09-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-01
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
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mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2021-06-24
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mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2021-06-23
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mortgage-charge-whole-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2021-06-23
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mortgage-charge-whole-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2021-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-01-08
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WARREN, Bryan John resigned
director
2019-06-27
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HOBBS, Ian John appointed
secretary
2019-06-27
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HOBBS, Ian John appointed
director
2019-06-27
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WARREN, Bryan John resigned
secretary
2013-02-27
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BAILEY, Georgia resigned
director
2013-02-21
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REES, Kevin Malcolm appointed
director
2013-02-21
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GALEA, Franco resigned
director
2008-09-02
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2002-08-23
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BAILEY, Christopher Homfray resigned
director
1995-01-19
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GORVIN, James John resigned
secretary
1995-01-19
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WARREN, Bryan John appointed
secretary
1995-01-19
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GORVIN, James John resigned
director
1994-03-21
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GALEA, Alfred resigned
director
1992-04-03
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EVE, William Peter Trustram resigned
director
1992-04-03
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WARREN, Bryan John appointed
director
1992-01-23
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GALEA, Franco appointed
director
1992-01-23
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MCCARTHY, James resigned
director
1988-07-24
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1978-11-08
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1975-09-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1969-05-30
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Company incorporated
As BAY TRAVEL LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 57 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Charles Henry Bailey Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	03/02/2026

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Kevin Malcolm Reesceased 03/02/2026· board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1969-05-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities

Registered office

15 Laburnum Close

Rogerstone

Newport

NP10 9JQ

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-27

Last: 2026-01-13

Officers (4 active · 11 resigned)

HOBBS, Ian John→

secretary · appointed 2019-06-27

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Active

BAILEY, Charles Henry→

director · ~67y

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Active

HOBBS, Ian John→

director · ~58y · appointed 2019-06-27

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Active

REES, Kevin Malcolm→

director · ~63y · appointed 2013-02-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GORVIN, James John→

secretary · resigned 1995-01-19

Resigned

WARREN, Bryan John→

secretary · appointed 1995-01-19 · resigned 2019-06-27

Resigned

BAILEY, Christopher Homfray→

director · ~95y · resigned 2002-08-23

Resigned

BAILEY, Georgia→

director · ~65y · resigned 2013-02-27

Resigned

BAILEY, Sarah Anne→

director · ~93y · resigned 2025-11-30

Resigned

EVE, William Peter Trustram→

director · ~83y · resigned 1992-04-03

Resigned

GALEA, Alfred→

director · ~83y · resigned 1994-03-21

Resigned

GALEA, Franco→

director · ~59y · appointed 1992-01-23 · resigned 2013-02-21

Resigned

GORVIN, James John→

director · ~97y · resigned 1995-01-19

Resigned

MCCARTHY, James→

director · ~106y · resigned 1992-01-23

Resigned

WARREN, Bryan John→

director · ~75y · appointed 1992-04-03 · resigned 2020-01-08

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Guarantee & debenture	1 property	02/09/2008	—
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Guarantee & debenture	1 property	24/07/1988	27/10/2025
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Guarantee & debenture	1 property	08/11/1978	27/10/2025
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Guarantee & debenture	1 property	10/09/1975	27/10/2025

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Recent filings (122 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-02-03

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-02-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-12-16

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-12-04

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2025-10-27

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2025-10-27

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2025-10-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-09-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged

accounts · AA

2023-09-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-12-08

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-09-08