CARDAMOM HOLIDAYS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04600489 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-26
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 Oct 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 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 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
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

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-31
Average employees0

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-14
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    accounts · AAMD
  3. 2025-08-11
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-26
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2025-03-25
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-06
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-27
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-20
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-22
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-04-28
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-01-15
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2017-01-15
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    officers · TM02
  16. 2017-01-01
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    SAWYER, Paul James resigned
    secretary
  17. 2017-01-01
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    SAWYER, Deborah Anne resigned
    director
  18. 2016-10-01
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    SAWYER, Deborah Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-11-26
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    Company incorporated
    As CARDAMOM HOLIDAYS LIMITED
  20. 2002-11-26
    ➕
    SAWYER, Paul James appointed
    director
  21. 2002-11-26
    ➕
    SAWYER, Paul James appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-11-26
    ➕
    SAWYER, Deborah Anne 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul James Sawyer
Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-11-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities

Registered office

The Old Rectory
Cyffylliog
Ruthin
Clwyd
LL15 2DW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-19
Last: 2026-01-05

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SAWYER, Deborah Anne→
secretary · appointed 2016-10-01
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Active
SAWYER, Paul James→
director · ~72y · appointed 2002-11-26
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Active
SAWYER, Paul James→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-26 · resigned 2017-01-01
Resigned
SAWYER, Deborah Anne→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-11-26 · resigned 2017-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-11
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-03-26
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-10