ATOB TRAVEL LTD

🌳Matureactive

08678357 · ltd · incorporated 2013-09-05

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

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£7.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Tour operator activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

64 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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 £7,713

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,519 YoY

Cash YoY

+5%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£262k

↑ 4.8% YoY

Net Worth

£8k

↓ 25% YoY

Current Assets

£356k

↑ 2.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£7.7k	£18.6k
Current assets	£355.8k	£347.5k
Cash	£261.9k	£250.0k
Debtors	£93.9k	£97.5k
Net assets	£7.7k	£10.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2026-04-28
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accounts · AA
2026-04-21
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officers · AP01
2026-04-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-01
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REES, Nicole appointed
director
2026-01-20
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BEATTIE, Allan John resigned
director
2025-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-19
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-15
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capital · RP04SH01
2024-10-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-10-10
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capital · SH01
2024-06-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-24
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officers · CH01
2024-06-24
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-24
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-08
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accounts · AAMD
2021-05-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
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REES, William Hayden resigned
director
2020-08-26
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BEATTIE, Allan John appointed
director
2020-07-29
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SHARP, Carla appointed
director
2020-07-29
➖
NELSON, Brian Dean resigned
director
2020-07-29
➖
REES, Nicole resigned
director
2020-07-29
➖
REES, Rachel resigned
director
2020-07-29
➕
REES, William Hayden appointed
director
2020-07-15
➕
NELSON, Brian Dean appointed
director
2020-07-15
➕
REES, Rachel appointed
director
2020-06-29
➖
ALI, Fahad resigned
director
2020-06-29
➕
REES, Nicole appointed
director
2020-01-01
➕
ALI, Fahad appointed
director
2020-01-01
➖
REES, Rachel resigned
director
2020-01-01
➖
REES, William Hayden resigned
director
2016-12-20
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CLARK, Peter William resigned
director
2016-12-20
➕
REES, Rachel appointed
director
2016-12-20
➕
REES, William Hayden appointed
director
2013-09-05
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Company incorporated
As ATOB TRAVEL LTD
2013-09-05
➕
CLARK, Peter William appointed
director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean

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

Group structure

Catch-A-Ride Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️

Catch-A-Ride Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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ATOB TRAVEL LTD

This company · 08678357

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Allan John Beattie Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	05/09/2022
Catch-A-Ride Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	31/07/2019

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr William Hayden Reesceased 29/07/2020· significant influence
Mr Fahad Aliceased 29/07/2020· significant influence
Miss Carla Sharpceased 31/07/2019· 75-100% shares

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

Incorporated2013-09-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities

Registered office

Firbank Industrial Estate

Dallow Road

Luton

LU1 1TW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-15

Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

REES, Nicole→

director · ~32y · appointed 2026-03-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SHARP, Carla→

director · ~49y · appointed 2020-07-29

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ALI, Fahad→

director · ~42y · appointed 2020-01-01 · resigned 2020-06-29

Resigned

BEATTIE, Allan John→

director · ~60y · appointed 2020-08-26 · resigned 2026-01-20

Resigned

CLARK, Peter William→

director · ~83y · appointed 2013-09-05 · resigned 2016-12-20

Resigned

NELSON, Brian Dean→

director · ~60y · appointed 2020-07-15 · resigned 2020-07-29

Resigned

REES, Nicole→

director · ~32y · appointed 2020-06-29 · resigned 2020-07-29

Resigned

REES, Rachel→

director · ~58y · appointed 2020-07-15 · resigned 2020-07-29

Resigned

REES, Rachel→

director · ~58y · appointed 2016-12-20 · resigned 2020-01-01

Resigned

REES, William Hayden→

director · ~85y · appointed 2020-07-29 · resigned 2021-04-01

Resigned

REES, William Hayden→

director · ~85y · appointed 2016-12-20 · resigned 2020-01-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-28

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-04-21

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-04-21

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-04-29

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2024-10-22

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2024-10-19

second-filing-capital-allotment-shares

capital · RP04SH01

2024-10-15

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2024-10-11

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-11

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2024-10-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-06-24

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-06-24

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-06-24

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2024-06-24