A J TOURS & TRAVELS UK LTD
💤Zombieactive
06848853 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-17
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£121.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -42% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.0y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
49 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £121,006
Cash draining
Cash down 42% YoY
Cash YoY
-42%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£87k
↓ 42% YoY
Net Worth
£121k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£639k
↑ 4.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £173.5k | £185.4k |
| Current assets | £639.5k | £612.7k |
| Cash | £86.9k | £149.8k |
| Debtors | £552.6k | £463.0k |
| Net assets | £121.0k | £98.1k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-18📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2020-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-20📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2020-06-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-06-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2019-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-23📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AAMD
- 2015-11-19➖BAROT, Shailesh resigneddirector
- 2009-03-26➕BAROT, Shailesh appointeddirector
- 2009-03-17🏢Company incorporatedAs A J TOURS & TRAVELS UK LTD
- 2009-03-17➕PATEL, Ajay appointeddirector
- 2009-03-17➕ADAMS, Laurence Douglas appointeddirector
- 2009-03-17➖ADAMS, Laurence Douglas resigneddirector
Owner dependency
93/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
78/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ajay Patel Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| AERILON LTD→ 16671166 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities
Registered office
12 Hallmark Trading Centre
Fourth Way
Wembley
Middlesex
HA9 0LB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-11
Last: 2025-11-27
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
Active
ADAMS, Laurence Douglas→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2009-03-17 · resigned 2009-03-17
BAROT, Shailesh→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2009-03-26 · resigned 2015-11-19
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 02/06/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (49 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-17
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-09-22