ATLANTIC GOLF HOLIDAYS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04851664 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-31
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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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 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  7. 2023-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-08-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2003-07-31
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    Company incorporated
    As ATLANTIC GOLF HOLIDAYS LIMITED
  17. 2003-07-31
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    MCDOWALL, Mary Cecilia appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-07-31
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    MCDOWALL, Mary Cecilia appointed
    director
  19. 2003-07-31
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    MCDOWALL, Stephen Donald appointed
    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 72 — 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 72 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Donald Mcdowall
Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/07/2016
Mrs Mary Cecilia Mcdowall
Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/07/2016

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
Incorporated2003-07-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities

Registered office

Sea Breaker
High Street
Borth
SY24 5JP
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MCDOWALL, Mary Cecilia→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-31
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MCDOWALL, Mary Cecilia→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-07-31
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MCDOWALL, Stephen Donald→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-07-31
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Recent filings (51 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-06