7 CONTINENTS TRAVEL LTD
🌳Matureactive
05224578 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-07
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 14.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£241.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 14.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 14.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
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
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £241,756
Net assets shrinking
Down £56,269 YoY
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£427k
↓ 7.7% YoY
Net Worth
£242k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£671k
↑ 8.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £265.9k | £332.0k |
| Current assets | £670.7k | £621.3k |
| Cash | £427.3k | £462.9k |
| Debtors | £243.4k | £158.3k |
| Net assets | £241.8k | £298.0k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-03📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-06-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-08📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-09-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-16📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AAMD
- 2015-06-04➕RASHID, Haroon appointeddirector
- 2014-07-15➖RASHID, Hafiz Muhammad resigneddirector
- 2012-06-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2012-06-12➕RASHID, Hafiz Muhammad appointeddirector
- 2004-09-07🏢Company incorporatedAs 7 CONTINENTS TRAVEL LTD
- 2004-09-07➕RASHID, Hafiz Muhammad appointedsecretary
- 2004-09-07➕RASHID, Heather Jean appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Heather Jean Rashid Individual · British · DOB 04/1979 · age 47 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 07/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-09-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities
Registered office
262a Upper Tooting Road
London
SW17 0DN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
RASHID, Hafiz Muhammad→
Activesecretary · appointed 2004-09-07
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RASHID, Haroon→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2015-06-04
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RASHID, Heather Jean→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2004-09-07
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RASHID, Hafiz Muhammad→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2012-06-12 · resigned 2014-07-15
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 21/06/2012 | — |
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Recent filings (70 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-08