BOOKING HELPS LTD

💤Zombieactive
15029309 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-26
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£359
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed leisure with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
59
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £359
Net assets shrinking
Down £440 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£359
↓ 55% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 54% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£1k£3k£4k£5k£6kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£2.9k£1.4k
Current assets£2.9k£6.3k
Net assets£359£799

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-23
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2025-04-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-04
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-07-03
    SHARMA, Ankush Kumar resigned
    director
  6. 2024-03-12
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-03-12
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-03-11
    SHARMA, Ankush Kumar appointed
    director
  9. 2023-08-10
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-07-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BOOKING HELPS LTD
  11. 2023-07-26
    KHANDELLWAL, Harshit appointed
    director
  12. 2023-07-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high · 1 med ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-07-25

Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-07-23: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Harshit Khandellwal
Individual · Indian · DOB 04/1987 · age 39
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/07/2023

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
Incorporated2023-07-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

Unit 5 The Freehold Industrial Centre
Amberley Way
Hounslow
TW4 6BX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-25OVERDUE
Last: 2025-07-11

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

KHANDELLWAL, Harshit
director · ~39y · appointed 2023-07-26
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Active
SHARMA, Ankush Kumar
director · ~29y · appointed 2024-03-11 · resigned 2024-07-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (11 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-24
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-26