AKBAR TRAVELS OF INDIA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08969169 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-01
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£894.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). 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, 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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £894,830
Net assets shrinking
Down £181,733 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£895k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£354k
↑ 81% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£215k£431k£646k£861k£1.1mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£126.7k£168.3k
Current assets£354.0k£195.7k
Net assets£894.8k£1.08M

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-23
    ➕
    NAZAR, Shamina Abdul appointed
    director
  4. 2024-01-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-07-12
    ➖
    SHARMA, Vijay Kumar Purshottam resigned
    director
  8. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-03
    ➖
    PARMAR, Liz resigned
    director
  11. 2021-09-03
    ➕
    SHARMA, Vijay Kumar Purshottam appointed
    director
  12. 2021-09-03
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2021-09-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2021-05-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2021-04-30
    ➕
    PARMAR, Liz appointed
    director
  16. 2021-04-30
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2021-04-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2021-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-03-23
    ➖
    CAIRD, John resigned
    director
  20. 2019-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  22. 2016-03-07
    ➕
    CAIRD, John appointed
    director
  23. 2016-02-15
    ➖
    PATEL, Metali resigned
    director
  24. 2015-02-11
    ➕
    PATEL, Metali appointed
    director
  25. 2014-04-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AKBAR TRAVELS OF INDIA LIMITED
  26. 2014-04-01
    ➕
    NAZAR, Benazir appointed
    director
  27. 2014-04-01
    ➕
    NAZAR, Noorjahan Abdul appointed
    director
  28. 2014-04-01
    ➕
    VEETIL, Abdul Nazar Karuppam appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Akbar Travels Of India Private Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Akbar Travels Of India Private Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
⬇
AKBAR TRAVELS OF INDIA LIMITED
This company · 08969169

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Akbar Travels Of India Private Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-04-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

82 South Road
Southall
Middlesex
UB1 1RD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

NAZAR, Benazir→
director · ~43y · appointed 2014-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NAZAR, Noorjahan Abdul→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NAZAR, Shamina Abdul→
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VEETIL, Abdul Nazar Karuppam→
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAIRD, John→
director · ~75y · appointed 2016-03-07 · resigned 2021-03-23
Resigned
PARMAR, Liz→
director · ~50y · appointed 2021-04-30 · resigned 2021-09-03
Resigned
PATEL, Metali→
director · ~38y · appointed 2015-02-11 · resigned 2016-02-15
Resigned
SHARMA, Vijay Kumar Purshottam→
director · ~53y · appointed 2021-09-03 · resigned 2023-07-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-03