ABTA 1 LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02414731 · ltd · incorporated 1989-08-18
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£29.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £29,510

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£30k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£29k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£6k£12k£18k£24k£30kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£29.5k£29.5k
Current assets£28.5k£28.5k
Net assets£29.5k£29.5k

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

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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-12
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  2. 2025-07-31
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  3. 2025-06-12
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    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-05-30
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    SINGH, Kaur resigned
    secretary
  5. 2024-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-20
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  7. 2022-07-31
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  8. 2021-07-31
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  9. 2020-07-31
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  10. 2019-07-28
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  11. 2018-07-31
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  12. 2017-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-02-18
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    gazette · DISS40
  14. 2017-02-17
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  15. 2017-02-14
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  16. 2016-07-31
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  17. 2015-06-28
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  18. 1998-05-01
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    CHINN, Sally appointed
    director
  19. 1998-05-01
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    BANDARI, Darayus resigned
    secretary
  20. 1998-05-01
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    SINGH, Kaur appointed
    secretary
  21. 1998-05-01
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    BANDARI, Darayus resigned
    director
  22. 1998-05-01
    ➖
    BANDARI, Kay Lorraine resigned
    director
  23. 1989-08-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ABTA 1 LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Sally Chinn
Individual · Malaysian · DOB 01/1953 · age 73
——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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-08-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

Hill Lodge 46 Central Road
Worcester Park
Surrey
KT4 8HY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-14
Last: 2025-05-31

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

CHINN, Sally→
director · ~73y · appointed 1998-05-01
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Active
BANDARI, Darayus→
secretary · resigned 1998-05-01
Resigned
SINGH, Kaur→
secretary · appointed 1998-05-01 · resigned 2025-05-30
Resigned
BANDARI, Darayus→
director · ~77y · resigned 1998-05-01
Resigned
BANDARI, Kay Lorraine→
director · ~72y · resigned 1998-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (94 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-28