IF ONLY HOLIDAYS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

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

—

year to Dec 2023

Net worth

—

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 (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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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 (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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

26 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

74 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 101

Metric	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£209.8k
Average employees	5900

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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-05-12
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officers · AP01
2026-04-14
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SOMERSET, Ian James appointed
director
2025-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
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auditors-resignation-company
auditors · AUD
2024-07-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-09-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-19
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2021-04-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-23
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-01-08
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accounts · AA
2019-12-19
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capital · SH08
2019-12-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-11-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2019-11-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-11-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-11-27
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NEVIN, Mark Christopher appointed
director
2019-11-27
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WALSH, Redmond Gavin Mcginty appointed
director
2019-11-27
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MAGUIRE, Mary resigned
secretary
2019-11-27
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MAGUIRE, Brendan resigned
director
2019-11-27
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MAGUIRE, Mary resigned
director
2012-07-28
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Charge satisfied #1
2009-03-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2004-05-18
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Company incorporated
As IF ONLY HOLIDAYS LIMITED
2004-05-18
➕
MAGUIRE, Mary appointed
secretary
2004-05-18
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-05-18
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-05-18
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MAGUIRE, Brendan appointed
director
2004-05-18
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MAGUIRE, Mary appointed
director
2004-05-18
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-05-18
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-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 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Elegant Resorts Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	27/11/2019

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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 (3 active · 5 resigned)

NEVIN, Mark Christopher→

director · ~69y · appointed 2019-11-27

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SOMERSET, Ian James→

director · ~47y · appointed 2026-04-14

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

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	19/03/2009	28/07/2012

Recent filings (74 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-05-12

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