CANTERBURY TRAVEL (LONDON) LIMITED
📈Growthactive
00995587 · ltd · incorporated 1970-11-30
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£34.51M
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueConservative operator with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
8 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 32.6y
45/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 32.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
14 officers (3 active, 14 linked, 12 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
164 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £5,433,538
Strong revenue growth
Turnover up 15% YoY
Turnover YoY
+15%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £34.51M | £29.99M |
| Gross profit | £7.82M | £6.48M |
| Operating profit | £5.01M | £4.41M |
| Profit before tax | £5.43M | £5.34M |
| Average employees | 4900 | 4700 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (57 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-24➖BANHAM, Jacqueline Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2023-07-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-01-03➖COLLINS, Tara Louise resigneddirector
- 2019-09-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2019-09-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-08-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2019-08-22➖OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2019-08-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-08-22📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-05-28📄auditors-resignation-companyauditors · AUD
- 2019-03-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-03-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-03-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-02-28➖HALLER, Frederic Zachary resigneddirector
- 2019-02-28➖HALLER, Robin Zachary resigneddirector
- 2019-02-28➖PATTENDEN, Clifford Michael resigneddirector
- 2018-11-02➕CASSIDY, Brian appointeddirector
- 2018-11-02➕GREEN, Rick appointeddirector
- 2018-11-02➕WILSON, Duncan Campbell appointeddirector
- 2018-11-02➖COLLINS, Dolores resignedsecretary
- 2018-11-02➕OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2018-11-02➖COLLINS, Dolores resigneddirector
- 2018-11-02➕HALLER, Frederic Zachary appointeddirector
- 2018-11-02➕HALLER, Robin Zachary appointeddirector
- 2018-11-02➕PATTENDEN, Clifford Michael appointeddirector
- 2018-06-18🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2018-06-18🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2018-06-18🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2014-03-04➕BANHAM, Jacqueline Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2011-06-30🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2010-06-11➖FOSTER, Jayne Amanda resigneddirector
- 2010-06-01➖COLLINS, Adrian resigneddirector
- 2010-03-24➖GOLDBERG, Arnold resigneddirector
- 2009-11-24➕COLLINS, Tara Louise appointeddirector
- 2009-11-24➕FOSTER, Jayne Amanda appointeddirector
- 2004-09-08🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2004-06-08➕GOLDBERG, Arnold appointeddirector
- 2002-08-14🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Marten Reginald Harwood
- 2002-03-15🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2002-03-15🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2000-03-16🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 1999-06-08🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
Showing most recent 50 of 57 events
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 56 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Brooklyn Travel Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Brooklyn Travel Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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CANTERBURY TRAVEL (LONDON) LIMITED
This company · 00995587
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brooklyn Travel Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 02/11/2018 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Dolores Collinsceased 02/11/2018· 75-100% shares
- Ms Jacqueline Elizabeth Banhamceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
- Ms Tara Louise Collinsceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1970-11-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities
Registered office
Canterbury Travel (London) Ltd
42 High Street
Northwood
Middlesex
HA6 1BL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-21
Last: 2025-11-07
Officers (3 active · 11 resigned)
CASSIDY, Brian→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2018-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, Duncan Campbell→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2018-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COLLINS, Dolores→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2018-11-02
OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2018-11-02 · resigned 2019-08-22
BANHAM, Jacqueline Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2014-03-04 · resigned 2023-07-24
COLLINS, Adrian→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · resigned 2010-06-01
COLLINS, Dolores→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · resigned 2018-11-02
COLLINS, Tara Louise→
Resigneddirector · ~40y · appointed 2009-11-24 · resigned 2020-01-03
FOSTER, Jayne Amanda→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2009-11-24 · resigned 2010-06-11
GOLDBERG, Arnold→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · appointed 2004-06-08 · resigned 2010-03-24
HALLER, Frederic Zachary→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · appointed 2018-11-02 · resigned 2019-02-28
HALLER, Robin Zachary→
Resigneddirector · ~47y · appointed 2018-11-02 · resigned 2019-02-28
PATTENDEN, Clifford Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2018-11-02 · resigned 2019-02-28
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Mortgages & charges
8
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Deed of charge over credit balances | 1 property | 30/06/2011 | 18/06/2018 | |
| satisfied | Marten Reginald Harwood | Rent deposit deed | 1 property | 14/08/2002 | 18/06/2018 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A standard security which was presented for registration in soctland on 21 june 1999 and | 1 property | 08/06/1999 | 15/03/2002 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Standard security which was presented for registration in scotland on 25TH september 1998 and | 1 property | 11/09/1998 | 15/03/2002 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A standard security which was presented for registration in scotland on the 8TH november 1995 | 1 property | 26/10/1995 | 16/03/2000 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 14/09/1994 | 01/04/1998 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 25/08/1994 | 08/09/2004 | |
| satisfied | Nationwide Nationwide Building Society | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 11/11/1993 | 18/06/2018 |
Recent filings (164 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-26
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-24