PE5 SPORTS TOURS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC522524 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-15
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£165.8k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £165,799

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£166k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£560k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£112k£224k£336k£448k£560kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£165.8k£150.8k
Current assets£559.7k£461.0k
Net assets£165.8k£150.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2026-01-27
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  3. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-15
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  5. 2024-02-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  6. 2024-02-23
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-02-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-02-23
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  9. 2024-02-23
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  10. 2024-02-23
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2024-02-23
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    address · AD01
  12. 2023-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-04-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  14. 2023-04-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2023-04-11
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  16. 2023-04-11
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  17. 2023-04-11
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  18. 2023-04-11
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    officers · CH01
  19. 2023-04-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2022-12-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2022-12-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  22. 2015-12-15
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    Company incorporated
    As PE5 SPORTS TOURS LTD
  23. 2015-12-15
    ➕
    DAY, Alan appointed
    director
  24. 2015-12-15
    ➕
    DOWNIE, Craig Thomas Norman appointed
    director
  25. 2015-12-15
    ➕
    THOMSON, Iain Alexander James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
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.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Craig Thomas Norman Downie
Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1985 · age 41
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/12/2016
Mr Iain Alexander James Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1981 · age 45
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/12/2016
Mr Alan Day
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/12/2016

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
Incorporated2015-12-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities

Registered office

Pure Offices Bonnington Road
2 Anderson Place
Edinburgh
EH6 5NP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DAY, Alan→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-12-15
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Active
DOWNIE, Craig Thomas Norman→
director · ~41y · appointed 2015-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMSON, Iain Alexander James→
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-24