ADDISON TRAVEL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02758504 · ltd · incorporated 1992-10-23
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£4.5k
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 94-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 94). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -41% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 29.4y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 29.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
82 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £4,529
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,747 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 41% YoY
Cash YoY
-41%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£14k
↓ 41% YoY
Net Worth
£5k
↓ 63% YoY
Current Assets
£31k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £18.5k | £29.0k |
| Current assets | £31.0k | £40.8k |
| Cash | £13.9k | £23.7k |
| Debtors | £17.1k | £17.1k |
| Net assets | £4.5k | £12.3k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-30➖WOODROW, Alison Hannah resignedsecretary
- 2025-06-30📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-06-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-05-28➕WOODROW, Sylvia appointeddirector
- 2020-05-28➖WOODROW, Saul resigneddirector
- 2019-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-06📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 1996-12-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1992-10-24➕WOODROW, Alison Hannah appointeddirector
- 1992-10-24➕WOODROW, Alison Hannah appointedsecretary
- 1992-10-24➖M & K NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1992-10-24➕WOODROW, Saul appointeddirector
- 1992-10-24➖M & K NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1992-10-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ADDISON TRAVEL LIMITED
- 1992-10-23➕M & K NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1992-10-23➕M & K NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
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 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 94 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
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 94 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Alison Hannah Woodrow Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-10-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities
Registered office
22 Rochford Avenue
Whitefield
Manchester
M45 7PS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-10
Last: 2025-05-27
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
WOODROW, Alison Hannah→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 1992-10-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WOODROW, Sylvia→
Activedirector · ~94y · appointed 2020-05-28
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WOODROW, Alison Hannah→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1992-10-24 · resigned 2025-06-30
M & K NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-10-23 · resigned 1992-10-24
WOODROW, Saul→
Resigneddirector · ~98y · appointed 1992-10-24 · resigned 2020-05-28
M & K NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-10-23 · resigned 1992-10-24
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 30/12/1996 | — |
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Recent filings (82 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-06-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-06-03