ADVENTURE PEAKS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04063174 · ltd · incorporated 2000-08-31

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

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Travel agency activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

93120Activities of sport clubs

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 67). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 21.6y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 21.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

93 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Average employees	11	1200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2025-12-19
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2025-05-30
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2024-04-18
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2023-06-26
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2022-06-28
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accounts · AA
2021-02-02
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accounts · AA
2020-02-17
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accounts · AA
2019-09-13
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officers · CH01
2019-09-13
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2019-09-13
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2019-06-05
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2019-06-05
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capital · SH08
2019-06-04
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2019-05-21
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mortgage · MR04
2019-05-21
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mortgage · MR04
2019-05-21
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Charge satisfied #3
2019-05-21
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Charge satisfied #2
2018-12-18
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2018-03-07
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2012-12-21
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2012-03-08
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PRITT, Louise Rachel resigned
secretary
2006-04-20
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PINKERTON, Jill Louise resigned
secretary
2006-04-20
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PRITT, Louise Rachel appointed
secretary
2004-12-10
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2004-11-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2002-07-19
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ALLASON PRITT, Farida Jean resigned
secretary
2002-07-19
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PINKERTON, Jill Louise appointed
secretary
2001-04-04
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ALLASON PRITT, Farida Jean appointed
secretary
2001-04-04
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ALLASON-PRITT, David resigned
secretary
2001-04-04
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ALLASON-PRITT, Farida Jean resigned
director
2000-08-31
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Company incorporated
As ADVENTURE PEAKS LIMITED
2000-08-31
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PRITT, David appointed
director
2000-08-31
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ALLASON-PRITT, David appointed
secretary
2000-08-31
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CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-08-31
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CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-08-31
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ALLASON-PRITT, Farida Jean appointed
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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.)

Group structure

Adventure Peaks Property Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Adventure Peaks Property Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ADVENTURE PEAKS LIMITED

This company · 04063174

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
Adventure Peaks Property Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	29/04/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr David Prittceased 29/04/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-08-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

101 Lake Road

Ambleside

Cumbria

LA22 0DB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-14

Last: 2025-08-31

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

PRITT, David→

director · ~67y · appointed 2000-08-31

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ALLASON PRITT, Farida Jean→

secretary · appointed 2001-04-04 · resigned 2002-07-19

Resigned

ALLASON-PRITT, David→

secretary · appointed 2000-08-31 · resigned 2001-04-04

Resigned

PINKERTON, Jill Louise→

secretary · appointed 2002-07-19 · resigned 2006-04-20

Resigned

PRITT, Louise Rachel→

secretary · appointed 2006-04-20 · resigned 2012-03-08

Resigned

CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-08-31 · resigned 2000-08-31

Resigned

ALLASON-PRITT, Farida Jean→

director · ~69y · appointed 2000-08-31 · resigned 2001-04-04

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	21/12/2012	21/05/2019
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	10/12/2004	21/05/2019
outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	10/11/2004	—

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