BUSANGA SAFARIS LTD

💤Zombieactive
05451441 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-12
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
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
51 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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 · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-31
Average employees100

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
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
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. 2026-06-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-06-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-03-04
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    accounts · AAMD
  6. 2025-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-02
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-03
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  12. 2019-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-03
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-04-19
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    GIBBS, Clare resigned
    secretary
  17. 2005-05-12
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    Company incorporated
    As BUSANGA SAFARIS LTD
  18. 2005-05-12
    ➕
    MCKEITH, Antony Richard appointed
    director
  19. 2005-05-12
    ➕
    GIBBS, Clare appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
Mr Antony Richard Mckeith
Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2005-05-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities

Registered office

St Stephens House
Arthur Road
Windsor
Berks
SL4 1RU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-26
Last: 2026-05-12

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MCKEITH, Antony Richard→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIBBS, Clare→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-12 · resigned 2013-04-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-06-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-21