ARABIAN TRAVEL AND TOUR LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09422952 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-04
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£14.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 79120Tour operator activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
27 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 · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £14,132
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£14k
↑ 157% YoY
Current Assets
£71k
↑ 62% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £25.3k | £26.3k |
| Current assets | £70.6k | £43.6k |
| Net assets | £14.1k | £5.5k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-01📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2015-02-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ARABIAN TRAVEL AND TOUR LIMITED
- 2015-02-04➕PATEL, Abdullahbhai Adam appointeddirector
- 2015-02-04➕PATEL, Sehnaz Abdullah appointeddirector
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
51/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Abdullahbhai Adam Patel Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 09/03/2026 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Abdullah Adam Patelceased 09/03/2026· 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-02-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities
Registered office
23 Higher Swan Lane
Bolton
Lancashire
BL3 3AJ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-18
Last: 2026-02-04
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
PATEL, Abdullahbhai Adam→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2015-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PATEL, Sehnaz Abdullah→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2015-02-04
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Recent filings (27 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-24