1ST TICKETS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06408068 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-24

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£155.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Travel agency activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

79120Tour operator activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 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

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

46 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £155,262

Cash YoY

+21%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£328k

↑ 21% YoY

Net Worth

£155k

↑ 29% YoY

Current Assets

£339k

↑ 20% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£177.0k	£147.1k
Current assets	£338.8k	£282.8k
Cash	£328.2k	£271.5k
Debtors	£10.6k	£11.3k
Net assets	£155.3k	£120.2k

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-04-01
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2023-03-06
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2022-03-10
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2021-01-27
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2020-01-31
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2018-02-19
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2017-01-28
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accounts · AA
2016-03-31
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capital · SH01
2016-02-18
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2015-11-18
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2007-10-24
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Company incorporated
As 1ST TICKETS LIMITED
2007-10-24
➕
SHEEHAN, Nancy Mary appointed
secretary
2007-10-24
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SHEEHAN, Brian David appointed
director
2007-10-24
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SHEEHAN, Nancy Mary appointed
director
2007-10-24
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INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-10-24
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INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

84/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Brian David Sheehan Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Nancy Mary Sheehan Individual · British · DOB 02/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-10-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

Bedford I-Lab Priory Business Park

Stannard Way

Bedford

MK44 3RZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-07

Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

SHEEHAN, Nancy Mary→

secretary · appointed 2007-10-24

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Active

SHEEHAN, Brian David→

director · ~61y · appointed 2007-10-24

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Active

SHEEHAN, Nancy Mary→

director · ~59y · appointed 2007-10-24

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Active

INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-10-24 · resigned 2007-10-24

Resigned

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