CELTIC ROUTES LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12809616 · ltd · incorporated 2020-08-13
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52219
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 93290Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (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 (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 700 | 400 |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-06-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-06-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-06-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-06-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-06-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-06-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-05-11➕COOKSON, Graham David, Dr appointeddirector
- 2022-05-11➕SWIFT-COOKSON, Alexia Justine appointeddirector
- 2022-05-11➖BOARDMAN, Paul resigneddirector
- 2022-05-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-05-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-05-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-05-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-04-26📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-13🏢Company incorporatedAs CELTIC ROUTES LTD
- 2020-08-13➕BOARDMAN, Paul appointeddirector
- 2020-08-13📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome 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 signalLimited 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Swiftcookson Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Swiftcookson Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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CELTIC ROUTES LTD
This company · 12809616
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiftcookson Holdings Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 11/05/2022 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Dr Graham David Cooksonceased 11/05/2022· 25-50% shares
- Mr Nicolas Paul Crossley Swiftceased 11/05/2022· 25-50% shares
- Mrs Alexia Justine Swift-Cooksonceased 11/05/2022· 25-50% shares
- Mr Paul Boardmanceased 11/05/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-08-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52219 — SIC 52219
Registered office
Wombleton Manor Common Lane
Wombleton
York
YO62 7AA
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-29
Last: 2026-06-15
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
COOKSON, Graham David, Dr→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2022-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SWIFT-COOKSON, Alexia Justine→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2022-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BOARDMAN, Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2020-08-13 · resigned 2022-05-11
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Recent filings (25 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-06-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-06-06