COTTON CANDY TRAVEL LIMITED
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-23.5k | £23.5k |
| Current assets | £0 | — |
| Net assets | £-23.5k | £23.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-06-21🏢Company incorporatedAs COTTON CANDY TRAVEL LIMITED
- 2019-06-21➕BIRD, Paul appointeddirector
- 2019-06-21📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Paul Bird Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 21/06/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Leisure & entertainment · WV postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A C COACHING & SPORTS DEVELOPMENT LIMITED→ 06723177 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| BRIDGNORTH RUGBY CLUB LIMITED→ 07777636 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| CALLUM DEAKIN MMA LTD→ 16556398 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CESARI LTD→ 06913166 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| CFRAN6PRODUCTIONS AND ENTERTAINMENT LTD→ 12898373 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| COACHED BY CLARA LTD→ 15148388 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| COMBAT HUB LTD→ 15141287 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| CONSOLE GAMING LTD→ 14161457 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| CRAFTY LITTLE HELPER LIMITED→ 11873330 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| CRAIG BOWKER COACHING ACADEMY LTD→ 11190673 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| CRANER MUSIC PRODUCTIONS LTD→ 17086901 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CRANIA-KEYS TRAVEL CONSULTANCY LTD→ 15739945 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Registered office
Filing status
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.