ADAMS TRAVEL AGENCY LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14208165 · ltd · incorporated 2022-07-01
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
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Turnover
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£19.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £19,880
Cash YoY
-6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£64k
↓ 5.6% YoY
Net Worth
£20k
↑ 33% YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£14k£27k£41k£55k£68kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£19.9k£14.9k
Cash£64.4k£68.2k
Net assets£19.9k£14.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-07-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADAMS TRAVEL AGENCY LIMITED
  7. 2022-07-01
    LISOWSKI, Stanislaw appointed
    director
  8. 2022-07-01
    TAYLOR, Hannah appointed
    director
  9. 2022-07-01
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stanislaw Lisowski
Individual · British · DOB 05/1951 · age 75
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/07/2022
Miss Hannah Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 02/1995 · age 31
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/07/2022

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
Incorporated2022-07-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

11 Market Square
Aylesbury
HP20 1TJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LISOWSKI, Stanislaw
director · ~75y · appointed 2022-07-01
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Active
TAYLOR, Hannah
director · ~31y · appointed 2022-07-01
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-07-01