SNOWORKS GAP LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC432374 · ltd · incorporated 2012-09-11

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 Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Tour operator activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

31 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-04-20
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2025-05-15
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2024-04-29
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2023-05-24
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2022-10-11
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address · AD01
2022-05-24
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2022-01-31
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address · AD01
2021-05-20
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2020-02-27
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2019-05-07
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2018-05-15
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2017-05-30
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2016-05-29
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2015-09-23
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2015-06-01
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2012-09-11
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Company incorporated
As SNOWORKS GAP LTD
2012-09-11
➕
DONALD, Rebecca appointed
secretary
2012-09-11
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SMITH, Philip John appointed
director
2012-09-11
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TOWNEND, Lee appointed
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 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Lee Townend Individual · British · DOB 07/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Philip John Smith Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2012-09-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities

Registered office

Dunollie

Back Of Keppoch

Arisaig

PH39 4NS

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-25

Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DONALD, Rebecca→

secretary · appointed 2012-09-11

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Active

SMITH, Philip John→

director · ~66y · appointed 2012-09-11

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Active

TOWNEND, Lee→

director · ~53y · appointed 2012-09-11

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Active

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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-04-20

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-05-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-04-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-05-24

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-10-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-05-24

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-01-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-05-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-10-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-02-27