BRITISH EUROPEAN STUDY TOURS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03734073 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-17
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£14.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £14,204

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£14k
↑ 444% YoY
Current Assets
£18k
↑ 201% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£7k£11k£14k£18kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£15.1k£3.4k
Current assets£17.9k£5.9k
Net assets£14.2k£2.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-07-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-07-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-07-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2025-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-04-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-03-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-07-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 1999-03-17
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    Company incorporated
    As BRITISH EUROPEAN STUDY TOURS LIMITED
  18. 1999-03-17
    ➕
    MANGERET, Jacques appointed
    secretary
  19. 1999-03-17
    ➕
    MANGERET, Marie Christine appointed
    director
  20. 1999-03-17
    ➕
    HARBEN REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1999-03-17
    ➖
    HARBEN REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-03-17
    ➕
    HARBEN NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1999-03-17
    ➖
    HARBEN NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jeremy Mangeret
Individual · French · DOB 09/1980 · age 46
25–50%
—25-50% shares17/03/2017
Mr Jacques Mangeret
Individual · French · DOB 09/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares17/03/2017
Mr Gregory Mangeret
Individual · French · DOB 09/1977 · age 49
25–50%
—25-50% shares17/03/2017
Mrs Marie Mangeret
Individual · French · DOB 12/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/06/2016

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
Incorporated1999-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

9 Byford Court
Crockatt Road
Hadleigh
Suffolk
IP7 6RD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MANGERET, Jacques→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MANGERET, Marie Christine→
director · ~77y · appointed 1999-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARBEN REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-03-17 · resigned 1999-03-17
Resigned
HARBEN NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-03-17 · resigned 1999-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21