ALAN COOK TRAVEL SERVICE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01602746 · ltd · incorporated 1981-12-08
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 31.4y 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
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 31.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 31.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
119 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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| Average employees | 300 | 200 |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2018-10-31📄mortgage-charge-whole-release-with-charge-numbermortgage · MR05
- 2018-10-31📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2018-10-31🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2018-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-01📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2017-09-20📄mortgage-charge-whole-release-with-charge-numbermortgage · MR05
- 2017-09-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2017-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-01-01➕ELESIN, Olumide Oluwaseyi appointeddirector
- 2014-07-01➖ELESIN, Olumide Oluwaseyi resigneddirector
- 2013-05-01➕ELESIN, Regina Uduak appointeddirector
- 2013-05-01➖COOK, Roger Brian resigneddirector
- 2013-05-01➕ELESIN, Olumide Oluwaseyi appointeddirector
- 2009-07-01➖COLLINS, Alan Michael resignedsecretary
- 2009-07-01➖COLLINS, Alan Michael resigneddirector
- 1995-02-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1981-12-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ALAN COOK TRAVEL SERVICE LIMITED
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Regina Uduak Elesin Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57 | 75–100% | 75–100% | sig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · significant influence | 06/04/2016 |
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
6 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1981-12-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities
Registered office
11 Shenley Road
Borehamwood
Hertfordshire
WD6 1AD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-20
Last: 2025-07-06
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
ELESIN, Olumide Oluwaseyi→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2015-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ELESIN, Regina Uduak→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2013-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COLLINS, Alan Michael→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2009-07-01
COLLINS, Alan Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · resigned 2009-07-01
COOK, Roger Brian→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · resigned 2013-05-01
ELESIN, Olumide Oluwaseyi→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2013-05-01 · resigned 2014-07-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Charge over credit balances | 1 property | 10/02/1995 | 31/10/2018 |
Recent filings (119 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2019-07-22