LANGUEDOC WINE TOURS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC497181 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-06
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£1.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Tour operator activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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 (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,088
Cash YoY
+1138%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£9k
↑ 1138% YoY
Net Worth
£1k
↑ 121% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↑ 85% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.1k | £-5.1k |
| Current assets | £10.1k | £5.4k |
| Cash | £9.2k | £740 |
| Debtors | £900 | £4.7k |
| Net assets | £1.1k | £-5.1k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-07📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-02-06🏢Company incorporatedAs LANGUEDOC WINE TOURS LIMITED
- 2015-02-06➕GAUFFRE, Jean-Michel Hubert appointeddirector
- 2015-02-06➕GAUFFRE, Karen appointeddirector
- 2015-02-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 Jean-Michel Hubert Gauffre Individual · French · DOB 11/1954 · age 72 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Karen Gauffre Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-02-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities
Registered office
28 Main Street
Kelty
Fife
KY4 0AA
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
GAUFFRE, Jean-Michel Hubert→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2015-02-06
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GAUFFRE, Karen→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2015-02-06
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Recent filings (23 total)
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2025-03-17
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2024-11-26
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2024-03-11
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2023-11-30
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2023-02-28
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2022-11-18
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2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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2021-11-25
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2021-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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2020-11-30
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2020-03-12
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accounts · AA
2019-11-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-12