ADDERLEY TRAVEL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03728308 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-08
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
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
£-10.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 55209Other holiday and other collective accommodation
- 79120Tour operator activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 3 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
77 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £10,569
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£11k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↑ 9.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £5.0k | £4.6k |
| Current assets | £5.0k | £4.6k |
| Net assets | £-10.6k | £-14.7k |
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 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-05📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2026-02-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-05-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-05-01➕RAY, Anna Sofia appointeddirector
- 2021-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 1999-03-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ADDERLEY TRAVEL LIMITED
- 1999-03-08➕RAY, Anna Sofia appointedsecretary
- 1999-03-08➕RAY, Timothy Charles Gordon appointeddirector
- 1999-03-08➕HICKEY, Patrick Julian appointedsecretary
- 1999-03-08➖HICKEY, Patrick Julian resignedsecretary
- 1999-03-08➕CHRISTODOULOU, Anne Patricia appointeddirector
- 1999-03-08➖CHRISTODOULOU, Anne Patricia resigneddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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 27 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Timothy Charles Gordon Ray Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Anna Sofia Ray Individual · Swedish · DOB 09/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 225 PRESERVATION CIC→ 16761314 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-03-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390
Registered office
82a James Carter Road
Mildenhall
Suffolk
IP28 7DE
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
RAY, Anna Sofia→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2022-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RAY, Timothy Charles Gordon→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 1999-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HICKEY, Patrick Julian→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-03-08 · resigned 1999-03-08
CHRISTODOULOU, Anne Patricia→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 1999-03-08 · resigned 1999-03-08
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Recent filings (77 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-05
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-02-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-23