BLUE MARINE TRAVEL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05183980 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-20
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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
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
79 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
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 3900 | 4100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-01-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-01-24📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2018-11-06📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2018-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2004-07-20🏢Company incorporatedAs BLUE MARINE TRAVEL LIMITED
- 2004-07-20➕BALDWIN, Sophie appointedsecretary
- 2004-07-20➕BALDWIN, Lee appointeddirector
- 2004-07-20➕BALDWIN, Sophie appointeddirector
- 2004-07-20➕BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-07-20➖BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-07-20➕BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2004-07-20➖BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Sophie Baldwin Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Lee Baldwin Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-07-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities
Registered office
Fawley House 2 Regatta Place
Marlow Road
Bourne End
SL8 5TD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
BALDWIN, Lee→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2004-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BALDWIN, Sophie→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2004-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-07-20 · resigned 2004-07-20
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-07-20 · resigned 2004-07-20
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Recent filings (79 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-09-29