ACETRIP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03383937 · ltd · incorporated 1997-06-10
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
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£4.27M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

10 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 27.5y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
113 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
77
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 £4,270,328

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3.4m
Net Worth
£4.3m
Current Assets
£7.9m
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-31
Total assets£4.49M
Current assets£7.91M
Cash£3.41M
Debtors£4.19M
Net assets£4.27M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (57 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-01-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-06
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2019-09-06
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2019-09-06
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2019-09-06
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    Charge satisfied #9
  15. 2019-09-06
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    Charge satisfied #8
  16. 2019-09-06
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    Charge satisfied #6
  17. 2019-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-10-02
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2018-10-02
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    Charge satisfied #10
  20. 2018-09-04
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  21. 2017-12-20
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    Charge registered #10
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  22. 2017-04-14
    ➕
    KUMARI, Neelam appointed
    director
  23. 2013-10-03
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    BHARDWAJ, Rohit Kumar appointed
    director
  24. 2013-10-03
    ➕
    KUMAR, Ritu appointed
    director
  25. 2013-10-03
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    BHARDWAJ, Rohit Kumar resigned
    director
  26. 2010-07-08
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    Charge satisfied #7
  27. 2010-05-24
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  28. 2007-05-02
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    Charge satisfied #5
  29. 2007-05-02
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    Charge satisfied #4
  30. 2007-05-02
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    Charge satisfied #3
  31. 2007-05-02
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    Charge satisfied #2
  32. 2007-05-02
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    Charge satisfied #1
  33. 2007-04-05
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    BHARDWAJ, Kavita Kumari appointed
    director
  34. 2005-04-01
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    BHARDWAJ, Kavita Kumari resigned
    director
  35. 2003-11-27
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  36. 2003-03-20
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    AHSAN, Zahirul resigned
    director
  37. 2003-02-01
    ➕
    KUMAR, Raj appointed
    director
  38. 2001-12-19
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  39. 2001-01-31
    ➕
    AHSAN, Zahirul appointed
    director
  40. 2001-01-16
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  41. 2000-01-30
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  42. 2000-01-30
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  43. 2000-01-05
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  44. 1999-11-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  45. 1999-01-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  46. 1997-06-12
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    BHARDWAJ, Kavita Kumari appointed
    secretary
  47. 1997-06-12
    ➖
    BHARDWAJ, Ashok resigned
    nominee-secretary
  48. 1997-06-12
    ➕
    PATEL, Mukesh Ambalal appointed
    secretary
  49. 1997-06-12
    ➖
    PATEL, Mukesh Ambalal resigned
    secretary
  50. 1997-06-12
    ➕
    BHARDWAJ, Kavita Kumari appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 57 events

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Raj Kumar
Individual · Indian · DOB 06/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Raj Kumarceased 08/09/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-06-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

Lily House 1st Floor
11 The Shrubberies George Lane
London
E18 1BD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (6 active · 7 resigned)

BHARDWAJ, Kavita Kumari→
secretary · appointed 1997-06-12
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Active
BHARDWAJ, Kavita Kumari→
director · ~57y · appointed 2007-04-05
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Active
BHARDWAJ, Rohit Kumar→
director · ~53y · appointed 2013-10-03
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Active
KUMAR, Raj→
director · ~79y · appointed 2003-02-01
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Active
KUMAR, Ritu→
director · ~56y · appointed 2013-10-03
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Active
KUMARI, Neelam→
director · ~82y · appointed 2017-04-14
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Active
BHARDWAJ, Ashok→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-06-10 · resigned 1997-06-12
Resigned
PATEL, Mukesh Ambalal→
secretary · appointed 1997-06-12 · resigned 1997-06-12
Resigned
AHSAN, Zahirul→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-01-31 · resigned 2003-03-20
Resigned
BHARDWAJ, Kavita Kumari→
director · ~57y · appointed 1997-06-12 · resigned 2005-04-01
Resigned
BHARDWAJ, Rohit Kumar→
director · ~53y · appointed 1997-06-12 · resigned 2013-10-03
Resigned
PATEL, Dilip Ramanbhai→
director · ~78y · appointed 1997-06-12 · resigned 1997-06-12
Resigned
BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-06-10 · resigned 1997-06-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

10
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:10 of 10 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property20/12/201702/10/2018
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property24/05/201006/09/2019
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property27/11/200306/09/2019
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property19/12/200108/07/2010
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property16/01/200106/09/2019
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property30/01/200002/05/2007
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property30/01/200002/05/2007
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge over credit balances1 property05/01/200002/05/2007
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge over credit balances1 property11/11/199902/05/2007
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property05/01/199902/05/2007

Recent filings (113 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-22