AIRPORT DIRECT TRAVEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05788943 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-21

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

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Web portals

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

14 officers (6 active, 14 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

19 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

132 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	24	2000

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2026-04-14
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2025-07-31
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2025-07-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-06
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-02
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address · AD03
2025-05-01
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address · AD02
2025-04-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-01
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officers · CH01
2025-04-01
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officers · CH01
2025-04-01
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2025-04-01
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2025-04-01
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2025-04-01
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officers · CH01
2025-02-21
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-02-19
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-02-19
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-09-22
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-05-02
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-01
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MCKEOWN, Fiona Brigitte Marion appointed
director
2021-06-01
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VELIYETH, Alwyn Joy appointed
director
2021-06-01
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WALLACE, Victoria Kathleen appointed
director
2020-01-21
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ROBSON, Neil resigned
director
2018-12-12
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CURZON CORPORATE SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2017-04-21
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CLIVE- PONSONBY- FANE, Charles Edward Brabazon resigned
director
2017-04-21
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GIBSON, Robert Edward Graeme resigned
director
2017-04-21
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RODGERS, David James resigned
director
2017-04-21
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VAUGHAN LEE, Mark resigned
director
2013-05-01
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ROBSON, Neil appointed
director
2007-09-24
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POCOCK, Robert David resigned
director
2006-12-21
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CLIVE- PONSONBY- FANE, Charles Edward Brabazon appointed
director
2006-12-21
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GIBSON, Robert Edward Graeme appointed
director
2006-12-21
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RODGERS, David James appointed
director
2006-09-18
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CAMERON, Ewen James Hanning, Lord appointed
director
2006-09-18
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IVE, Marc Richard David appointed
director
2006-09-18
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POCOCK, Robert David appointed
director
2006-09-18
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VAUGHAN LEE, Mark appointed
director
2006-06-08
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MAUNDER, Simon Robin appointed
director
2006-06-08
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CURZON DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2006-04-21
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Company incorporated
As AIRPORT DIRECT TRAVEL LIMITED
2006-04-21
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CURZON CORPORATE SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-04-21
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CURZON DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

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

-6 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 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Group structure

Rezcomm Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Rezcomm Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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AIRPORT DIRECT TRAVEL LIMITED

This company · 05788943

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Rezcomm Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	29/07/2025

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Lord Ewen James Hanning Cameronceased 29/07/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Simon Robin Maunderceased 29/07/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-04-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC63120 — Web portals

Registered office

Ashford House

Grenadier Road

Exeter

Devon

EX1 3LH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-05

Last: 2026-04-21