KINGSHOUSE TRAVEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC267852 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-13
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees13001300

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-01-30
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    change-person-director-company
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-12-13
    ➕
    JENKINS, Elspeth appointed
    director
  5. 2025-12-13
    ➖
    COURTNEY, William James resigned
    director
  6. 2025-12-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-02-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2023-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-01-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-12-20
    ➖
    COURTNEY, Catherine resigned
    director
  18. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2004-05-13
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    Company incorporated
    As KINGSHOUSE TRAVEL LIMITED
  21. 2004-05-13
    ➕
    COURTNEY, William Graeme appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-05-13
    ➕
    COURTNEY, William Graeme appointed
    director
  23. 2004-05-13
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-05-13
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-05-13
    ➕
    COURTNEY, Catherine appointed
    director
  26. 2004-05-13
    ➕
    COURTNEY, William James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Graeme Courtney
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-05-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

Kings House, Balquhidder
Lochearnhead
Perthshire
FK19 8NY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-27
Last: 2025-05-13

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

COURTNEY, William Graeme→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COURTNEY, William Graeme→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-05-13
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Active
JENKINS, Elspeth→
director · ~66y · appointed 2025-12-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-13 · resigned 2004-05-13
Resigned
COURTNEY, Catherine→
director · ~92y · appointed 2004-05-13 · resigned 2018-12-20
Resigned
COURTNEY, William James→
director · ~92y · appointed 2004-05-13 · resigned 2025-12-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-03
change-person-director-company
officers · CH01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18