APARTAIR TRAVEL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01019697 · ltd · incorporated 1971-08-04
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 42.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other reservation service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 42.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 42.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — 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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-11-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-11-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-07-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-15📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-02-25🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2001-02-14➕SKILL, Simon Christopher Robert appointedsecretary
- 2001-02-14➕SKILL, Simon Christopher Robert appointeddirector
- 2001-02-14➖SKILL, Christopher Norton resignedsecretary
- 2001-02-14➖SKILL, Christopher Norton resigneddirector
- 1984-05-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Williams & Glyns Bank PLC
- 1971-08-04🏢Company incorporatedAs APARTAIR TRAVEL LIMITED
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 55 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Peter Roy Hallam Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/04/2025 |
Mr Simon Christopher Robert Skill Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/04/2025 |
Mr Nigel Stuart Arthur Skill Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/04/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Skills Transport Solutions Limitedceased 30/04/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Skills Motor Coaches Ltdceased 29/04/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · 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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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1971-08-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79909 — Other reservation service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
C/O Skills Holidays
Belgrave Road, Bulwell
Nottingham
NG6 8LY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-09
Last: 2025-11-25
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
SKILL, Simon Christopher Robert→
Activesecretary · appointed 2001-02-14
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Active
SKILL, Simon Christopher Robert→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2001-02-14
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SKILL, Christopher Norton→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2001-02-14
SKILL, Christopher Norton→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · resigned 2001-02-14
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/02/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Williams & Glyns Bank Williams & Glyns Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 21/05/1984 | — |
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Recent filings (109 total)
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-04