ANDEAN TRAILS LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC274174 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-05
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£258.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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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 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.8y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £258,706

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£332k
Net Worth
£259k
Current Assets
£680k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-28
Total assets£258.7k
Current assets£679.7k
Cash£332.1k
Debtors£347.6k
Net assets£258.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-23
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-07-08
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  3. 2024-04-16
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  4. 2023-08-25
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  5. 2022-08-16
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  6. 2022-08-16
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    officers · TM02
  7. 2022-01-02
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    JARVIS, Margaret Susan, Dr resigned
    secretary
  8. 2021-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-14
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-28
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    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2019-08-28
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    Charge satisfied #1
  12. 2019-06-24
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-24
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-08-08
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-10-13
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  17. 2015-08-01
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2005-07-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  19. 2004-10-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDEAN TRAILS LTD.
  20. 2004-10-05
    ➕
    JARVIS, Kathryn Margaret appointed
    director
  21. 2004-10-05
    ➕
    JARVIS, Margaret Susan, Dr appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-10-05
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-10-05
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-10-05
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2004-10-05
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Kathryn Margaret Jarvis
Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%sig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-10-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities

Registered office

33 Sandport Street
Leith
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
EH6 6EP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-18
Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

JARVIS, Kathryn Margaret→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-10-05
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Active
JARVIS, Margaret Susan, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-05 · resigned 2022-01-02
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-10-05 · resigned 2004-10-05
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-10-05 · resigned 2004-10-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property19/07/200528/08/2019

Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-05
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-05