ASIA PACIFIC TRAVEL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04592994 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-18
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-1.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 2 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,674
Cash YoY
-27%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£424k
↓ 27% YoY
Net Worth
-£2k
↑ 87% YoY
Current Assets
£692k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £41.5k | £100.7k |
| Current assets | £692.0k | £770.8k |
| Cash | £424.3k | £578.6k |
| Debtors | £267.7k | £192.2k |
| Net assets | £-1.7k | £-12.5k |
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.
See pricing →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 (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-08-03➕LI, Mei appointeddirector
- 2020-04-03📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-04-03📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-04-03📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2020-03-27➕HARVEY, Isabelle Aurora Lin appointedsecretary
- 2020-03-27➖LI, Mei resignedsecretary
- 2020-03-27➖LIN, Yuan resignedsecretary
- 2019-08-22📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2019-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-05📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2019-08-05📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-07-31➕LIN, Yuan appointedsecretary
- 2019-07-31➖ROY, Louis Nile resignedsecretary
- 2018-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-24📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2018-11-23➕ROY, Louis Nile appointedsecretary
- 2017-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-01➕LI, Mei appointedsecretary
- 2012-10-01➖LAVING, Jane Elizabeth resignedsecretary
- 2002-11-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ASIA PACIFIC TRAVEL LIMITED
- 2002-11-18➕HARVEY, Samantha appointeddirector
- 2002-11-18➕LAVING, Jane Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 2002-11-18➕EXCHEQUER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-11-18➖EXCHEQUER SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-11-18➕EXCHEQUER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-11-18➖EXCHEQUER DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Samantha Harvey Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-11-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities
Registered office
36 Teall Street
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 1QF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-02
Last: 2025-11-18
Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)
HARVEY, Isabelle Aurora Lin→
Activesecretary · appointed 2020-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARVEY, Samantha→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2002-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAVING, Jane Elizabeth→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-11-18 · resigned 2012-10-01
LI, Mei→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2015-09-01 · resigned 2020-03-27
LIN, Yuan→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2019-07-31 · resigned 2020-03-27
ROY, Louis Nile→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2018-11-23 · resigned 2019-07-31
EXCHEQUER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-18 · resigned 2002-11-18
EXCHEQUER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-18 · resigned 2002-11-18
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Recent filings (72 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-08-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-04-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-04-03