ACTION VISAS (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03309928 · ltd · incorporated 1997-01-30
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 28.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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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
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 28.8y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.8 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 6 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
109 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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees100100

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-19
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  3. 2023-09-28
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  4. 2023-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-21
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    CORNHILL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  6. 2023-02-21
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    CORNHILL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  7. 2023-02-21
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  8. 2023-02-21
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2022-12-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2022-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2021-03-15
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-12-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  15. 2018-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  16. 2017-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2004-05-28
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    POTTER, Irene Wai Keng resigned
    director
  19. 2002-10-31
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    POTTER, Irene Wai Keng appointed
    director
  20. 2002-06-10
    ➕
    LANCE, Mark Richard appointed
    director
  21. 2002-03-22
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    LANCE, Mark Richard resigned
    secretary
  22. 2002-03-22
    ➕
    CORNHILL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-03-22
    ➖
    BAYOL, Gerard Jean Marie resigned
    director
  24. 2000-02-11
    ➕
    LANCE, Jennifer Christine appointed
    director
  25. 2000-02-11
    ➖
    BAYOL, Gerard Jean Marie resigned
    secretary
  26. 2000-02-11
    ➕
    LANCE, Mark Richard appointed
    secretary
  27. 2000-02-11
    ➖
    RACE, John Douglas resigned
    director
  28. 1998-01-01
    ➖
    MORGAN, Alan Stuart resigned
    director
  29. 1997-09-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  30. 1997-04-30
    ➕
    BAYOL, Gerard Jean Marie appointed
    secretary
  31. 1997-04-30
    ➕
    BAYOL, Gerard Jean Marie appointed
    director
  32. 1997-04-30
    ➕
    MORGAN, Alan Stuart appointed
    director
  33. 1997-04-30
    ➕
    RACE, John Douglas appointed
    director
  34. 1997-01-30
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTION VISAS (UK) LIMITED
  35. 1997-01-30
    ➕
    STATUTORY MANAGEMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 1997-01-30
    ➖
    STATUTORY MANAGEMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 1997-01-30
    ➕
    WORLDFORM LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 1997-01-30
    ➖
    WORLDFORM LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

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

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The Cornhill Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ACTION VISAS (UK) LIMITED
This company · 03309928

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
The Cornhill Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-01-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

5 Market Yard Mews
194-204 Bermondsey Street
London
SE1 3TQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

CORNHILL SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2023-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LANCE, Jennifer Christine→
director · ~60y · appointed 2000-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LANCE, Mark Richard→
director · ~57y · appointed 2002-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAYOL, Gerard Jean Marie→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-30 · resigned 2000-02-11
Resigned
LANCE, Mark Richard→
secretary · appointed 2000-02-11 · resigned 2002-03-22
Resigned
CORNHILL SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-03-22 · resigned 2023-02-21
Resigned
STATUTORY MANAGEMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-01-30 · resigned 1997-01-30
Resigned
BAYOL, Gerard Jean Marie→
director · ~72y · appointed 1997-04-30 · resigned 2002-03-22
Resigned
MORGAN, Alan Stuart→
director · ~80y · appointed 1997-04-30 · resigned 1998-01-01
Resigned
POTTER, Irene Wai Keng→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-10-31 · resigned 2004-05-28
Resigned
RACE, John Douglas→
director · ~93y · appointed 1997-04-30 · resigned 2000-02-11
Resigned
WORLDFORM LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-01-30 · resigned 1997-01-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property08/09/1997—
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Recent filings (109 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2023-02-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-31
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-01
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-15