CANTAB TOURS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
13923092 · ltd · incorporated 2022-02-17
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of tourist guides
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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, 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£6k£12k£18k£24k£30kFeb 2024Feb 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£10.1k
Current assets£30.1k
Net assets£10.1k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-25
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-02-05
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-02-05
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-07-12
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2022-07-12
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-07-01
    MILNE, John appointed
    director
  10. 2022-02-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CANTAB TOURS LIMITED
  11. 2022-02-17
    TWIGG, Andrew James appointed
    director
  12. 2022-02-17
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew James Twigg
Individual · British · DOB 11/1980 · age 46
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control17/02/2022
Mr John Milne
Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
2550%
25-50% shares01/07/2022

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.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Leisure & entertainment · WR postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
BIG BLUE CAMPERS LTD
09272400 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
11y
BOOMBOX GOLF LIMITED
15975961 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
BUDGET FIRST PRODUCTIONS LTD
16277842 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
BURNING HEART PRO WRESTLING LIMITED
15957429 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
C L SCOTT LTD
16632298 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
CARDERRY LIMITED
02786816 · est 1993 · no financials extracted
33y
CC MILLENNIUM LTD
09870880 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
10y
CHIPVELVET LIMITED
02451462 · est 1989 · no financials extracted
36y
CIRCLE OF SWORDS LTD
09935458 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
10y
CJR SPORTS LTD
16693101 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
CLARENCE PARK HEALTH SUITE LIMITED
09506886 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
11y
CLASS ACT EVENTS EUROPE LIMITED
08123467 · est 2012 · no financials extracted
13y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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 →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

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

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-02-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79901 — Activities of tourist guides

Registered office

Avon View House Station Road
Fladbury
Pershore
WR10 2QW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MILNE, John
director · ~58y · appointed 2022-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TWIGG, Andrew James
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (13 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-02-17