AZURA TRAVEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04531168 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-10

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£-5.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Travel agency activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £5,779

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£6k

↑ 1.1% YoY

Current Assets

£4k

↓ 66% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£-5.8k	£-5.8k
Current assets	£4.0k	£11.9k
Net assets	£-5.8k	£-5.8k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-05-28
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2025-06-27
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2024-06-18
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2023-06-01
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2022-05-24
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2021-02-23
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2020-01-14
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2019-10-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-06-04
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accounts · AA
2018-06-27
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2017-06-06
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accounts · AA
2017-06-01
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address · AD01
2016-09-13
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2016-09-01
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KERSLAKE, Kane appointed
director
2016-04-06
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2015-09-30
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2002-09-10
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Company incorporated
As AZURA TRAVEL LIMITED
2002-09-10
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KERSLAKE, Julia appointed
secretary
2002-09-10
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CALDERWOOD, Karen Ann appointed
director
2002-09-10
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KERSLAKE, Julia Margaret appointed
director
2002-09-10
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SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-09-10
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SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2002-09-10
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SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
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2002-09-10
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SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
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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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Julia Margaret Kerslake Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	10/09/2016

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

Incorporated2002-09-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

The Coach House

Powell Road

Buckhurst Hill

Essex

IG9 5RD

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-24

Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

KERSLAKE, Julia→

secretary · appointed 2002-09-10

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CALDERWOOD, Karen Ann→

director · ~60y · appointed 2002-09-10

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Active

KERSLAKE, Julia Margaret→

director · ~62y · appointed 2002-09-10

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Active

KERSLAKE, Kane→

director · ~31y · appointed 2016-09-01

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Active

SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-10 · resigned 2002-09-10

Resigned

SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-10 · resigned 2002-09-10

Resigned

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