IF ONLY HOLIDAYS LIMITED

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SC268032 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-18
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 17.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2023
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Tour operator activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.2y

95/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
19 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 101
Profitable
Profit before tax £209,850

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 101
Metric2023-12-31
Profit before tax£209.8k
Average employees5900

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-02
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    auditors-resignation-company
    auditors · AUD
  3. 2024-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-21
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  5. 2023-09-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-19
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  10. 2021-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2020-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-19
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  14. 2019-12-09
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2019-11-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  16. 2019-11-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2019-11-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2019-11-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2019-11-27
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    NEVIN, Mark Christopher appointed
    director
  20. 2019-11-27
    ➕
    WALSH, Redmond Gavin Mcginty appointed
    director
  21. 2019-11-27
    ➖
    MAGUIRE, Mary resigned
    secretary
  22. 2019-11-27
    ➖
    MAGUIRE, Brendan resigned
    director
  23. 2019-11-27
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    MAGUIRE, Mary resigned
    director
  24. 2012-07-28
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    Charge satisfied #1
  25. 2009-03-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2004-05-18
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    Company incorporated
    As IF ONLY HOLIDAYS LIMITED
  27. 2004-05-18
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    MAGUIRE, Mary appointed
    secretary
  28. 2004-05-18
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2004-05-18
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2004-05-18
    ➕
    MAGUIRE, Brendan appointed
    director
  31. 2004-05-18
    ➕
    MAGUIRE, Mary appointed
    director
  32. 2004-05-18
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 2004-05-18
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 69 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Elegant Resorts Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Elegant Resorts Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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IF ONLY HOLIDAYS LIMITED
This company · SC268032

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
Elegant Resorts Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting27/11/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Brendan Maguireceased 27/11/2019· 50-75% shares
  • Mrs Mary Maguireceased 27/11/2019· 25-50% shares

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.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-05-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities

Registered office

Abbey House 2nd Floor
10 Bothwell Street
Glasgow
G2 6LU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-12
Last: 2025-05-29

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

NEVIN, Mark Christopher→
director · ~69y · appointed 2019-11-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALSH, Redmond Gavin Mcginty→
director · ~59y · appointed 2019-11-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAGUIRE, Mary→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-18 · resigned 2019-11-27
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-18 · resigned 2004-05-18
Resigned
MAGUIRE, Brendan→
director · ~74y · appointed 2004-05-18 · resigned 2019-11-27
Resigned
MAGUIRE, Mary→
director · ~73y · appointed 2004-05-18 · resigned 2019-11-27
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-05-18 · resigned 2004-05-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property19/03/200928/07/2012

Recent filings (73 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
auditors-resignation-company
auditors · AUD
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-05-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-21
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2021-05-19