CAREFREE TRAVEL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06393465 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-09
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
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees11000

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-27
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-20
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2021-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-26
    ➖
    BARKER, Marian resigned
    secretary
  10. 2020-10-26
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-10-26
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2020-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-05
    ➕
    BARKER, Philip appointed
    director
  17. 2017-01-05
    ➖
    BARKER, Raymond resigned
    director
  18. 2017-01-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2007-10-09
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    Company incorporated
    As CAREFREE TRAVEL LIMITED
  20. 2007-10-09
    ➕
    BARKER, Marian appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-10-09
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2007-10-09
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-10-09
    ➕
    BARKER, Raymond appointed
    director
  24. 2007-10-09
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2007-10-09
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Barker
Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control24/02/2017
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Raymond Barkerceased 24/02/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Marion Barkerceased 24/02/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-10-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

48 Norfolk Street
Barrow-In-Furness
LA14 5NU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

BARKER, Philip→
director · ~54y · appointed 2017-01-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARKER, Marian→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-09 · resigned 2020-10-26
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-10-09 · resigned 2007-10-09
Resigned
BARKER, Raymond→
director · ~77y · appointed 2007-10-09 · resigned 2017-01-05
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-10-09 · resigned 2007-10-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-26