AMELIA DALTON: TRAVEL BY DESIGN LIMITED

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05024060 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-23
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£25
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of tourist guides
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

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 (1 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £25
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,948 YoY
Cash YoY
-18%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 18% YoY
Net Worth
£25
↓ 99% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1k£2k£3k£4k£5kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£25£4.0k
Current assets—£5.3k
Cash£4.4k£5.3k
Net assets£25£4.0k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-18
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    address · AD01
  4. 2023-09-27
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-17
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2023-03-14
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    GRAHAM, James William Patrick Brittain resigned
    secretary
  7. 2022-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2020-08-17
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  10. 2019-09-20
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  11. 2018-09-04
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  12. 2017-09-11
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  13. 2016-03-21
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-02-22
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-02-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2006-05-01
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    GRAHAM, James William Patrick Brittain appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-05-01
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    CHATSWORTH REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2004-01-23
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    Company incorporated
    As AMELIA DALTON: TRAVEL BY DESIGN LIMITED
  20. 2004-01-23
    ➕
    DALTON, Amelia Anne appointed
    director
  21. 2004-01-23
    ➕
    CHATSWORTH REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2004-01-23
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-01-23
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-01-23
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2004-01-23
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DALTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 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 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Amelia Anne Dalton
Individual · British · DOB 06/1951 · age 75
—75–100%75-100% 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
Incorporated2004-01-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79901 — Activities of tourist guides

Registered office

1 Sopwith Crescent
Wickford
Essex
SS11 8YU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

DALTON, Amelia Anne→
director · ~75y · appointed 2004-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAHAM, James William Patrick Brittain→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-01 · resigned 2023-03-14
Resigned
CHATSWORTH REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-01-23 · resigned 2006-05-01
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-23 · resigned 2004-01-23
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-01-23 · resigned 2004-01-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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officers · TM02
2023-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-30