AFFINITY TRAVEL LTD

🌳Matureactive
03801779 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-06
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£410.3k
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 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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, 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 (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
65 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 £410,284

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£410k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Assets
£670k
↑ 8.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£134k£268k£402k£536k£670kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£410.3k£324.5k
Current assets£670.4k£620.4k
Net assets£410.3k£316.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-07-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 1999-07-06
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    Company incorporated
    As AFFINITY TRAVEL LTD
  16. 1999-07-06
    ➕
    SIREILLES, Lynn Robertson appointed
    secretary
  17. 1999-07-06
    ➕
    SIREILLES, Ghislain Charles appointed
    director
  18. 1999-07-06
    ➕
    SIREILLES, Lynn Robertson appointed
    director
  19. 1999-07-06
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1999-07-06
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ghislain Charles Sireilles
Individual · French · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Lynn Robertson Sireilles
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-07-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

66 Woodstock Road
Bedford Park
London
W4 1EQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-11
Last: 2026-05-28

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

SIREILLES, Lynn Robertson→
secretary · appointed 1999-07-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIREILLES, Ghislain Charles→
director · ~67y · appointed 1999-07-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIREILLES, Lynn Robertson→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-07-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-07-06 · resigned 1999-07-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-03-24