ASTURLAB LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15761608 · ltd · incorporated 2024-06-05
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
59/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 59/100 (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: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 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
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
59/100Worth 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
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
59
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (4 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-23
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2024-06-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASTURLAB LTD
  3. 2024-06-05
    MALEK, Rawan appointed
    director
  4. 2024-06-05
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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: 2026-05-05

Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2025-04-23: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Dzr Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Dzr Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ASTURLAB LTD
This company · 15761608

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dzr Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/06/2024

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
Incorporated2024-06-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

Sync Accountants Limited , The Media Centre
7 Northumberland Street
Huddersfield
HD1 1RL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-05OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-21

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MALEK, Rawan
director · ~35y · appointed 2024-06-05
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Recent filings (3 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-04-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-06-05