ANDREW LONG (PORTUGAL) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06015428 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-30
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 17.0y 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
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 17.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (56/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-10📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2025-11-10📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2025-11-10📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2024-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-05-04📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-02➕LONG, Jean appointeddirector
- 2023-05-02➖WALLIS, Marcus Nicholas Keith resignedsecretary
- 2023-04-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-02-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-02-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2009-05-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Banco Santander Totta S.A.
- 2009-03-17➕WALLIS, Marcus Nicholas Keith appointedsecretary
- 2009-03-17➖MCGREGORS CORPORATE (LINCOLN) LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2006-11-30🏢Company incorporatedAs ANDREW LONG (PORTUGAL) LIMITED
- 2006-11-30➕LONG, Andrew Edward appointeddirector
- 2006-11-30➕ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-11-30➖ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-11-30➕MCGREGORS CORPORATE (LINCOLN) LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2006-11-30➕ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-11-30➖ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LONG" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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.)
Group structure
Travel Sector Property Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Travel Sector Property Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ANDREW LONG (PORTUGAL) LIMITED
This company · 06015428
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Travel Sector Property Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/02/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Andrew Edward Longceased 01/02/2023· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-11-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55209 — Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Registered office
The Old Rectory
Rectory Road
Coleby
Lincoln
LN5 0AJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
LONG, Andrew Edward→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2006-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALLIS, Marcus Nicholas Keith→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2009-03-17 · resigned 2023-05-02
ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-11-30 · resigned 2006-11-30
MCGREGORS CORPORATE (LINCOLN) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2006-11-30 · resigned 2009-03-17
ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-11-30 · resigned 2006-11-30
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Santander Banco Santander Totta S.A. | Mortgage executed outside the united kingdom over property situated there | 1 property | 27/05/2009 | — |
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Recent filings (56 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2025-11-10
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2025-11-10
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2025-11-10
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-04-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20