APG TRAVEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03237686 · ltd · incorporated 1996-08-14
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
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 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-21
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-02-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2016-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2011-09-14
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    CARTER, Paul appointed
    director
  16. 2008-11-20
    ➕
    BURGESS, Richard Conrad appointed
    director
  17. 2008-11-20
    ➖
    WARNER, Malcolm James resigned
    director
  18. 1996-08-14
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    Company incorporated
    As APG TRAVEL LIMITED
  19. 1996-08-14
    ➕
    CARTER, Paul appointed
    secretary
  20. 1996-08-14
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1996-08-14
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1996-08-14
    ➕
    WARNER, Malcolm James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

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

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Maryland Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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APG TRAVEL LIMITED
This company · 03237686

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
Maryland Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated1996-08-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

Hawne Lodge
7c Westville Avenue
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
DY11 6BZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-09
Last: 2025-10-26

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CARTER, Paul→
secretary · appointed 1996-08-14
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Active
BURGESS, Richard Conrad→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-11-20
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Active
CARTER, Paul→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-09-14
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-08-14 · resigned 1996-08-14
Resigned
WARNER, Malcolm James→
director · ~83y · appointed 1996-08-14 · resigned 2008-11-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-26