AMERICANA VACATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

🌳Matureactive
02712435 · plc · incorporated 1992-05-06
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 13.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.7y

95/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
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
118 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £15,891
Turned profitable
Returned to profit this year

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Profit before tax£15.9k£-3.7k
Average employees6600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-11-25
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  3. 2024-11-08
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  4. 2023-11-06
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  5. 2022-11-16
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  6. 2021-11-22
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  7. 2021-07-08
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  8. 2021-02-25
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  9. 2019-11-25
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  10. 2018-11-13
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  11. 2017-11-27
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  12. 2016-12-09
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  13. 2016-10-21
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    address · AD01
  14. 2016-06-06
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  15. 2015-12-06
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  16. 2013-06-20
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    GANDESHA, Maheshchandra Ghusalal appointed
    secretary
  17. 2013-06-20
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    GANDESHA, Amita Mahesh resigned
    secretary
  18. 2013-06-20
    ➖
    GANDESHA, Ankur Maheshchandra resigned
    director
  19. 2013-06-20
    ➖
    GANDESHA, Neha resigned
    director
  20. 2012-10-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2011-02-15
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    GANDESHA, Maheshchandra Ghusalal appointed
    director
  22. 2011-02-15
    ➕
    GANDESHA, Ankur Maheshchandra appointed
    director
  23. 2011-02-15
    ➕
    GANDESHA, Neha appointed
    director
  24. 2011-02-15
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    PATEL, Pradip resigned
    director
  25. 1998-11-12
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    CHANDE, Shishir Gokaldas resigned
    secretary
  26. 1998-11-12
    ➕
    GANDESHA, Amita Mahesh appointed
    secretary
  27. 1992-12-31
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    CHANDE, Shishir Gokaldas resigned
    director
  28. 1992-05-31
    ➕
    PATEL, Pradip appointed
    director
  29. 1992-05-11
    ➕
    COURTNEIDGE, Robert Edmund appointed
    director
  30. 1992-05-11
    ➕
    CHANDE, Shishir Gokaldas appointed
    director
  31. 1992-05-06
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    Company incorporated
    As AMERICANA VACATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
  32. 1992-05-06
    ➕
    JPCORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1992-05-06
    ➖
    JPCORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1992-05-06
    ➕
    JPCORD LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 1992-05-06
    ➖
    JPCORD LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 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 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Maheshchandra Ghusalal Gandesha
Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Robert Edmund Courtneidgeceased 01/06/2021· significant influence

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeplc
Incorporated1992-05-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

125 Parkway Regents Park
London
NW1 7PS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-28
Last: 2026-05-14

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

GANDESHA, Maheshchandra Ghusalal→
secretary · appointed 2013-06-20
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Active
COURTNEIDGE, Robert Edmund→
director · ~62y · appointed 1992-05-11
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Active
GANDESHA, Maheshchandra Ghusalal→
director · ~73y · appointed 2011-02-15
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Active
CHANDE, Shishir Gokaldas→
secretary · resigned 1998-11-12
Resigned
GANDESHA, Amita Mahesh→
secretary · appointed 1998-11-12 · resigned 2013-06-20
Resigned
JPCORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-05-06 · resigned 1992-05-06
Resigned
CHANDE, Shishir Gokaldas→
director · ~77y · appointed 1992-05-11 · resigned 1992-12-31
Resigned
GANDESHA, Ankur Maheshchandra→
director · ~45y · appointed 2011-02-15 · resigned 2013-06-20
Resigned
GANDESHA, Neha→
director · ~42y · appointed 2011-02-15 · resigned 2013-06-20
Resigned
PATEL, Pradip→
director · ~76y · appointed 1992-05-31 · resigned 2011-02-15
Resigned
JPCORD LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-05-06 · resigned 1992-05-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Charge of deposit1 property26/10/2012—
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Recent filings (118 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-26