ABREU TRAVEL AGENCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01319450 · ltd · incorporated 1977-06-29
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 44.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · oldest 44.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 44.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
135 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees500500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  3. 2025-07-14
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  4. 2025-07-14
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  5. 2025-07-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-07-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-07-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  8. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  9. 2023-06-26
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  10. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  11. 2022-09-01
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    officers · TM02
  12. 2022-09-01
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2022-09-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-02-03
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    BARBOSA DO COUTO, Jose Miguel appointed
    director
  15. 2022-02-03
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    RIBEIRO, Paulo resigned
    secretary
  16. 2022-02-03
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    RIBEIRO, Paulo resigned
    director
  17. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-02-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2020-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  20. 2020-08-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  22. 2012-03-20
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    Charge satisfied #8
  23. 2012-03-20
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    Charge satisfied #7
  24. 2012-03-20
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    Charge satisfied #6
  25. 2012-03-20
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    Charge satisfied #5
  26. 2012-03-20
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    Charge satisfied #4
  27. 2012-03-20
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    Charge satisfied #3
  28. 2012-03-20
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    Charge satisfied #2
  29. 2011-09-01
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    FERREIRA, Antonio Pedro resigned
    secretary
  30. 2011-09-01
    ➕
    RIBEIRO, Paulo appointed
    secretary
  31. 2011-09-01
    ➖
    FERREIRA, Antonio Pedro resigned
    director
  32. 2011-09-01
    ➕
    RIBEIRO, Paulo appointed
    director
  33. 2005-08-31
    ➕
    FERREIRA, Antonio Pedro appointed
    secretary
  34. 2005-08-30
    ➖
    TRUSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2001-12-13
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  36. 1999-11-01
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  37. 1998-10-05
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  38. 1997-11-18
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  39. 1996-04-29
    ➖
    ABREU, Alberto De Macedo Vieira De resigned
    director
  40. 1994-07-26
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  41. 1994-06-10
    ➕
    BARROS, Antonio, Doctor appointed
    director
  42. 1994-06-10
    ➖
    VIEGAS, Joao Marcelino resigned
    director
  43. 1993-12-17
    ➖
    FITZGIBBON, Paul Aster resigned
    director
  44. 1993-10-21
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  45. 1993-03-31
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    Charge satisfied #1
  46. 1992-11-18
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  47. 1991-08-27
    ➖
    ABREU, Anibal Macedo Vieira De resigned
    director
  48. 1991-07-02
    ➕
    TRUSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  49. 1981-09-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  50. 1977-06-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ABREU TRAVEL AGENCY LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 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 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alberto De Marcedo Vieira De Abreu
Individual · Portuguese · DOB 01/1941 · age 85
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Artur De Macedo Vieira De Abreu
Individual · Portuguese · DOB 06/1951 · age 75
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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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
Incorporated1977-06-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

16 Great Queen Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2B 5AH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last: 2025-07-02

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

BARBOSA DO COUTO, Jose Miguel→
director · ~55y · appointed 2022-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARROS, Antonio, Doctor→
director · ~73y · appointed 1994-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FERREIRA, Antonio Pedro→
secretary · appointed 2005-08-31 · resigned 2011-09-01
Resigned
RIBEIRO, Paulo→
secretary · appointed 2011-09-01 · resigned 2022-02-03
Resigned
TRUSEC LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-07-02 · resigned 2005-08-30
Resigned
ABREU, Alberto De Macedo Vieira De→
director · ~85y · resigned 1996-04-29
Resigned
ABREU, Anibal Macedo Vieira De→
director · ~93y · resigned 1991-08-27
Resigned
FERREIRA, Antonio Pedro→
director · ~86y · resigned 2011-09-01
Resigned
FITZGIBBON, Paul Aster→
director · ~112y · resigned 1993-12-17
Resigned
RIBEIRO, Paulo→
director · ~59y · appointed 2011-09-01 · resigned 2022-02-03
Resigned
VIEGAS, Joao Marcelino→
director · ~89y · resigned 1994-06-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

8
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge of deposit1 property13/12/200120/03/2012
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge over credit balances1 property01/11/199920/03/2012
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge over credit balances1 property05/10/199820/03/2012
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge over credit balances1 property18/11/199720/03/2012
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge over credit balances1 property26/07/199420/03/2012
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge over credit balances1 property21/10/199320/03/2012
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge over credit balances1 property18/11/199220/03/2012
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property03/09/198131/03/1993

Recent filings (135 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-09-01