CLASSIC CAR TOURS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04836747 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-17
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-2.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
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
63 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,929

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£3k
↓ 111% YoY
Current Assets
£50k
↓ 8.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£3k£9k£20k£32k£43k£55kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£27.3k£34.0k
Current assets£50.0k£54.6k
Net assets£-2.9k£-1.4k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-21
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-10
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2023-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-14
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2019-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-10
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  12. 2018-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2009-08-24
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    THORLEY, David appointed
    director
  17. 2008-03-31
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    KIRK, Michael resigned
    director
  18. 2003-07-17
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    Company incorporated
    As CLASSIC CAR TOURS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  19. 2003-07-17
    ➕
    THORLEY, Brian, Mr. appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-07-17
    ➕
    THORLEY, Brian, Mr. appointed
    director
  21. 2003-07-17
    ➕
    FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-07-17
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    FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-07-17
    ➕
    KIRK, Michael appointed
    director
  24. 2003-07-17
    ➕
    FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-07-17
    ➖
    FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian Thorley
Individual · British · DOB 12/1946 · age 80
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-07-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

5 Royston Road
Poulton-Le-Fylde
Lancashire
FY6 7JX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last: 2025-07-15

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

THORLEY, Brian, Mr.→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THORLEY, Brian, Mr.→
director · ~80y · appointed 2003-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THORLEY, David→
director · ~73y · appointed 2009-08-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-17 · resigned 2003-07-17
Resigned
KIRK, Michael→
director · ~78y · appointed 2003-07-17 · resigned 2008-03-31
Resigned
FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-17 · resigned 2003-07-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-20
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2019-12-14