2BOOKAHOLIDAY.COM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05642720 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-02

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 15.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Travel agency activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.7y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 15.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

91 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2025-11-26
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2025-09-18
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2024-04-27
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2023-08-14
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2023-05-20
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accounts · AA
2022-04-07
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2022-03-15
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officers · TM01
2022-03-15
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officers · TM02
2022-03-01
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LARKIN, Michael Anthony resigned
secretary
2022-03-01
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LARKIN, Michael Anthony resigned
director
2021-04-21
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accounts · AA
2020-06-08
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-05-12
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mortgage · MR01
2020-05-06
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2020-05-01
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accounts · AA
2019-04-29
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2018-05-10
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2017-05-02
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2014-11-07
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DRAPER, Crispian resigned
director
2012-11-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Westmead House Limited
2010-09-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Westmead House Limited
2010-06-11
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HARLAND, Samantha Lee resigned
director
2005-12-02
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Company incorporated
As 2BOOKAHOLIDAY.COM LIMITED
2005-12-02
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ASTON, Robert Mark appointed
director
2005-12-02
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FRENCH, Josephine appointed
director
2005-12-02
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GRAINGER, Matthew John appointed
director
2005-12-02
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SMITH, Matthew James appointed
director
2005-12-02
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THOMAS, David Michael appointed
director
2005-12-02
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LARKIN, Michael Anthony appointed
secretary
2005-12-02
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
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2005-12-02
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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2005-12-02
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DRAPER, Crispian appointed
director
2005-12-02
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HARLAND, Samantha Lee appointed
director
2005-12-02
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LARKIN, Michael Anthony appointed
director
2005-12-02
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-12-02
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-12-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

Amber Court Co / Broadwaytravel William Armstrong Drive

Newcastle Business Park

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE4 7YA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-22

Last: 2025-06-08