BARTLE HOLIDAYS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02668206 · ltd · incorporated 1991-12-04
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 7.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Tour operator activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.3y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 4 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
104 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 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees0100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-04-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2024-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-04-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2023-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-11
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2020-04-30
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    MOLE, David Henry resigned
    secretary
  14. 2019-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-27
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2019-03-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  17. 2018-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-08-01
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    MOLE, David Henry appointed
    secretary
  20. 2016-08-01
    ➖
    JAABACK, Brenda resigned
    secretary
  21. 2016-08-01
    ➕
    MOLE, David Henry appointed
    secretary
  22. 2016-08-01
    ➖
    MOLE, David Henry resigned
    secretary
  23. 2005-12-13
    ➕
    ALLES DE OLIVES, Julio appointed
    director
  24. 2005-12-13
    ➖
    BARTLE, Trevor Gordon resigned
    secretary
  25. 2005-12-13
    ➕
    JAABACK, Brenda appointed
    secretary
  26. 2005-12-13
    ➖
    BARTLE, Trevor Gordon resigned
    director
  27. 2002-02-28
    ➖
    BARTLE, Brenda resigned
    secretary
  28. 2002-02-28
    ➕
    BARTLE, Trevor Gordon appointed
    secretary
  29. 1991-12-04
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    Company incorporated
    As BARTLE HOLIDAYS LIMITED
  30. 1991-12-04
    ➕
    JAABACK, Brenda appointed
    director
  31. 1991-12-04
    ➕
    BARTLE, Brenda appointed
    secretary
  32. 1991-12-04
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  33. 1991-12-04
    ➖
    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  34. 1991-12-04
    ➕
    BARTLE, Trevor Gordon appointed
    director
  35. 1991-12-04
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  36. 1991-12-04
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    nominee-director

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 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 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 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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.)

Group structure

Mnk Group Sl is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Mnk Group Sl
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BARTLE HOLIDAYS LIMITED
This company · 02668206

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
Mnk Group Sl
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/03/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Brenda Jaabackceased 28/10/2024· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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
Incorporated1991-12-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities

Registered office

5 North Frith Park
Hadlow
Tonbridge
TN11 9QW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

ALLES DE OLIVES, Julio→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-12-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JAABACK, Brenda→
director · ~80y · appointed 1991-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARTLE, Brenda→
secretary · appointed 1991-12-04 · resigned 2002-02-28
Resigned
BARTLE, Trevor Gordon→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-28 · resigned 2005-12-13
Resigned
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-12-04 · resigned 1991-12-04
Resigned
JAABACK, Brenda→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-13 · resigned 2016-08-01
Resigned
MOLE, David Henry→
secretary · appointed 2017-08-01 · resigned 2020-04-30
Resigned
MOLE, David Henry→
secretary · appointed 2016-08-01 · resigned 2016-08-01
Resigned
BARTLE, Trevor Gordon→
director · ~83y · appointed 1991-12-04 · resigned 2005-12-13
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 1991-12-04 · resigned 1991-12-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property22/03/2019—
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Recent filings (104 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-17