CLASSIC CRUISES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04501394 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-01
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.5y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees200200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-23
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2021-11-16
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-08-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-06-26
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2005-02-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  17. 2002-08-01
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    Company incorporated
    As CLASSIC CRUISES LIMITED
  18. 2002-08-01
    ➕
    MCILLMURRAY, Amanda Marie appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-08-01
    ➕
    MCILLMURRAY, Amanda Marie appointed
    director
  20. 2002-08-01
    ➕
    MCILLMURRAY, Daniel Joseph Barron appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Daniel Joseph Barron Mcillmurray
Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016
Amanda Marie Mcillmurray
Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-08-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

Meadowbanks, Brookhouse Road
Brookhouse
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA2 9NP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MCILLMURRAY, Amanda Marie→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-01
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Active
MCILLMURRAY, Amanda Marie→
director · ~54y · appointed 2002-08-01
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Active
MCILLMURRAY, Daniel Joseph Barron→
director · ~55y · appointed 2002-08-01
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Letter of pledge over a deposit1 property02/02/2005—
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Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-30