CONGRESS TEAM INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01700565 · ltd · incorporated 1983-02-18
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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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 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
121 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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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 employees300400

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-19
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-19
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-24
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    BANHAM, Jacqueline Elizabeth resigned
    director
  5. 2023-07-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2022-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-07
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2020-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-01-03
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    COLLINS, Tara Louise resigned
    director
  12. 2019-09-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  13. 2019-09-02
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    address · AD01
  14. 2019-08-22
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    OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  15. 2019-08-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  16. 2019-08-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-08-22
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2019-03-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  19. 2019-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-11-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2018-11-02
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    CASSIDY, Brian appointed
    director
  22. 2018-11-02
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    GREEN, Rick appointed
    director
  23. 2018-11-02
    ➕
    WILSON, Duncan Campbell appointed
    director
  24. 2018-11-02
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    COLLINS, Tara Louise resigned
    secretary
  25. 2018-11-02
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    OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2018-11-02
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    BANHAM, Jacqueline Elizabeth appointed
    director
  27. 2018-11-02
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    COLLINS, Dolores resigned
    director
  28. 2014-01-30
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    COLLINS, Tara Louise appointed
    director
  29. 2010-10-08
    ➖
    COLLINS, Adrian resigned
    secretary
  30. 2010-10-08
    ➖
    COLLINS, Adrian resigned
    director
  31. 2010-09-24
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    COLLINS, Tara Louise appointed
    secretary
  32. 1983-02-18
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    Company incorporated
    As CONGRESS TEAM INTERNATIONAL (UK) 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 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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 43 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Canterbury Travel (London) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Canterbury Travel (London) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CONGRESS TEAM INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED
This company · 01700565

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Canterbury Travel (London) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ms Tara Louise Collinsceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
  • Dolores Collinsceased 06/04/2016· significant influence

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1983-02-18
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 · 7 resigned)

CASSIDY, Brian→
director · ~58y · appointed 2018-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREEN, Rick→
director · ~64y · appointed 2018-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, Duncan Campbell→
director · ~68y · appointed 2018-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLINS, Adrian→
secretary · resigned 2010-10-08
Resigned
COLLINS, Tara Louise→
secretary · appointed 2010-09-24 · resigned 2018-11-02
Resigned
OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2018-11-02 · resigned 2019-08-22
Resigned
BANHAM, Jacqueline Elizabeth→
director · ~62y · appointed 2018-11-02 · resigned 2023-07-24
Resigned
COLLINS, Adrian→
director · ~77y · resigned 2010-10-08
Resigned
COLLINS, Dolores→
director · ~75y · resigned 2018-11-02
Resigned
COLLINS, Tara Louise→
director · ~40y · appointed 2014-01-30 · resigned 2020-01-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (121 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
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-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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-small
accounts · AA
2020-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-24