CLEVELAND TRAVEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02797491 · ltd · incorporated 1993-03-09
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 30.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£440.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 30.4y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 30.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (4 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
129 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £440,386
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£272k
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£440k
↑ 3.3% YoY
Current Assets
£3.6m
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£953k£1.9m£2.9m£3.8m£4.8mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£980.8k£1.02M
Current assets£3.62M£4.76M
Cash£272.1k£317.3k
Debtors£3.29M£4.39M
Net assets£440.4k£426.1k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-27
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  3. 2025-01-17
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  4. 2024-01-20
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  5. 2023-09-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-09-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  8. 2021-12-31
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  9. 2021-01-12
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  10. 2020-01-19
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  11. 2018-12-29
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  12. 2018-05-09
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-08-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2017-02-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-02-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2009-09-23
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    MULLER-SMIT, Melisa Jane resigned
    director
  17. 2009-04-30
    ➖
    MOORSOM, Cherry Rosalind resigned
    director
  18. 2008-11-25
    ➕
    MULLER-SMIT, Melisa Jane appointed
    director
  19. 2007-10-15
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 2006-11-06
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  21. 2004-07-16
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    WAIN, Christopher appointed
    director
  22. 2001-07-03
    ➕
    CORNHILL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-07-03
    ➖
    CHEYLAS, Philip resigned
    secretary
  24. 1999-04-16
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  25. 1998-05-17
    ➕
    BAYOL, Gerard Jean Marie appointed
    director
  26. 1996-03-11
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    VICE, Douglas John resigned
    director
  27. 1996-02-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  28. 1995-12-05
    ➕
    MOORSOM, Cherry Rosalind appointed
    director
  29. 1995-11-23
    ➖
    MYTTON, William resigned
    director
  30. 1995-03-10
    ➕
    VICE, Douglas John appointed
    director
  31. 1994-08-09
    ➕
    GEOGHEGAN, Frances Patricia appointed
    director
  32. 1994-08-09
    ➖
    DAVIS, Paul Stanley resigned
    director
  33. 1994-08-09
    ➖
    MCCARTHY, Vivian Ernest resigned
    director
  34. 1994-03-09
    ➖
    KCCF LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 1994-03-09
    ➖
    AARON AND AARON ASSOCIATES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 1993-08-18
    ➕
    MYTTON, William appointed
    director
  37. 1993-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As CLEVELAND TRAVEL LIMITED
  38. 1993-03-09
    ➕
    KCCF LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  39. 1993-03-09
    ➕
    AARON AND AARON ASSOCIATES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Gerard Jean Marie Bayol
Individual · French · DOB 09/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Ms Frances Patricia Geoghegan
Individual · Irish · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1993-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

Unit 5 Market Yard Mews, 194-204 Bermondsey Street
London
SE1 3TQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (4 active · 9 resigned)

CORNHILL SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-07-03
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Active
BAYOL, Gerard Jean Marie→
director · ~72y · appointed 1998-05-17
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Active
GEOGHEGAN, Frances Patricia→
director · ~61y · appointed 1994-08-09
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Active
WAIN, Christopher→
director · ~56y · appointed 2004-07-16
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Active
CHEYLAS, Philip→
secretary · resigned 2001-07-03
Resigned
KCCF LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-03-09 · resigned 1994-03-09
Resigned
DAVIS, Paul Stanley→
director · ~71y · resigned 1994-08-09
Resigned
MCCARTHY, Vivian Ernest→
director · ~69y · resigned 1994-08-09
Resigned
MOORSOM, Cherry Rosalind→
director · ~85y · appointed 1995-12-05 · resigned 2009-04-30
Resigned
MULLER-SMIT, Melisa Jane→
director · ~51y · appointed 2008-11-25 · resigned 2009-09-23
Resigned
MYTTON, William→
director · ~72y · appointed 1993-08-18 · resigned 1995-11-23
Resigned
VICE, Douglas John→
director · ~66y · appointed 1995-03-10 · resigned 1996-03-11
Resigned
AARON AND AARON ASSOCIATES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-03-09 · resigned 1994-03-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge of deposit1 property15/10/2007—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge of deposit1 property06/11/2006—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge over credit balances1 property16/04/1999—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property08/02/1996—
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Recent filings (129 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-01-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-01-12