A B C HOLIDAY LETS LIMITED

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04984256 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-03
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£-210
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -59% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £210
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,240 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 59% YoY
Cash YoY
-59%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 59% YoY
Net Worth
-£210
↓ 120% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 59% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£210£578£1k£2k£3k£4kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£-210£1.0k
Current assets£1.5k£3.7k
Cash£1.5k£3.7k
Net assets£-210£1.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-10
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2019-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2017-09-22
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2017-06-21
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2017-06-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-06-21
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2017-06-21
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    address · AD01
  17. 2003-12-03
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    Company incorporated
    As A B C HOLIDAY LETS LIMITED
  18. 2003-12-03
    ➕
    COLMAN, Amanda appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-12-03
    ➕
    COLMAN, Amanda appointed
    director
  20. 2003-12-03
    ➕
    COLMAN, Robert Francis appointed
    director
  21. 2003-12-03
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-12-03
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-12-03
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-12-03
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Francis Colman
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Amanda Colman
Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2003-12-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

6 Meadow Way
Horsford
Norwich
Norfolk
NR10 3SD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-17
Last: 2025-12-03

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

COLMAN, Amanda→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-03
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Active
COLMAN, Amanda→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-12-03
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Active
COLMAN, Robert Francis→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-12-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-03 · resigned 2003-12-03
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-12-03 · resigned 2003-12-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-16
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-08-15