BURLEIGH TRAVEL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03648042 · ltd · incorporated 1998-10-12
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 23.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Tour operator activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 23.6y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.6 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: medium (79/100)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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
91 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 700 | 700 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-11-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-10-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-10-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-15📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2002-12-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 1999-02-01➕KITE, Kim Lesley appointedsecretary
- 1999-02-01➕KITE, Christopher John appointeddirector
- 1999-02-01➕KITE, Kim Lesley appointeddirector
- 1999-01-22➖BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-01-22➖BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1998-10-12🏢Company incorporatedAs BURLEIGH TRAVEL LIMITED
- 1998-10-12➕BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1998-10-12➕BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
84/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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.)
Group structure
Burleigh Transport Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Burleigh Transport Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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BURLEIGH TRAVEL LIMITED
This company · 03648042
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Burleigh Transport Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 19/11/2020 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Christopher John Kiteceased 19/11/2020· 25-50% shares
- Mr Kim Lesley Kiteceased 19/11/2020· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-10-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities
Registered office
Midway House Herrick Way
Staverton
Cheltenham
GL51 6TQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
KITE, Christopher John→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 1999-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KITE, Kim Lesley→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 1999-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-10-12 · resigned 1999-01-22
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-10-12 · resigned 1999-01-22
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 20/12/2002 | — |
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Recent filings (91 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-07