2001 TRAVEL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01753301 · ltd · incorporated 1983-09-15
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 36.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 36.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 36.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | -300 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-07-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-07-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2003-03-28➕SOPHOCLES, Androulla appointeddirector
- 2003-03-28➖COSTA SOFOCLEOUS, Angelo resigneddirector
- 1996-10-30🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1994-08-01➕TSITOURAS, Dorothy appointedsecretary
- 1994-08-01➖SAMPSON, Irene resignedsecretary
- 1990-01-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1983-09-15🏢Company incorporatedAs 2001 TRAVEL LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
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 76 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Dorothy Tsitouras Individual · British · DOB 03/1950 · age 76 | 75–100% | 25–50% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest | 01/07/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Angelo Costas Sophoclesceased 29/06/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 23 ASSOCIATES LIMITED→ 05060678 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
| 2D FICTION ANIMATION LTD→ 15154093 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 3D EYE LIMITED→ 03957873 · est 2000 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
| 3D MEDIA LTD→ 11898584 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ABBEY EXECUTIVE SERVICES LIMITED→ 14278483 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ABBEY TRAVEL & SPORTS SERVICES LIMITED→ 15657725 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ACADEMY OF LONDON LIMITED→ 02119649 · est 1987 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 39y | — | — |
| ACE TRANSFORM LIMITED→ 13176173 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ACKLODE LIMITED→ 02254094 · est 1988 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 37y | — | — |
| ACME INITIATIVE LIMITED→ 16624280 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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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
Incorporated1983-09-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities
Registered office
47-49 Daws Lane
Mill Hill
London
NW7 4SD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-24
Last: 2025-06-10
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
TSITOURAS, Dorothy→
Activesecretary · appointed 1994-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SOPHOCLES, Androulla→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2003-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAMPSON, Irene→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1994-08-01
COSTA SOFOCLEOUS, Angelo→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · resigned 2003-03-28
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 23/01/1990 | 30/10/1996 |
Recent filings (109 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-29