BENCHMARK TRAVEL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04473508 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-29
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Tour operator activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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 (76/100)

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees3400

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
0
filings
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
  1. 2026-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-07-01
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    BENN, Susan resigned
    director
  6. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-05
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2022-07-04
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    BENN, Susan resigned
    secretary
  9. 2022-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-31
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-07-31
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-06-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2016-06-21
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2002-06-29
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    Company incorporated
    As BENCHMARK TRAVEL LIMITED
  20. 2002-06-29
    ➕
    BENN, Roger Frederick appointed
    director
  21. 2002-06-29
    ➕
    BENN, Susan appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-06-29
    ➕
    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-06-29
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    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-06-29
    ➕
    BENN, Susan appointed
    director
  25. 2002-06-29
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    AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2002-06-29
    ➖
    AR 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Roger Frederick Benn
Individual · British · DOB 03/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2017
Mrs Susan Benn
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2017

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-06-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities

Registered office

7 - 9
Bridge End Mytholmroyd
Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
HX7 5DR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

BENN, Roger Frederick→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BENN, Susan→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-29 · resigned 2022-07-04
Resigned
ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-29 · resigned 2002-06-29
Resigned
BENN, Susan→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-06-29 · resigned 2023-07-01
Resigned
AR NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-29 · resigned 2002-06-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-26