TIMBERBUSH TOURS LIMITED
- · Oldest live charge 20.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
Refinance opportunity
5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.2y
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £2.64M | — |
| Average employees | 109 | 8300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
- • 3 officers
- • 2 mortgage
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-06📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-01-06📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-01-06🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2026-01-06🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2026-01-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-10-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-10-08➕VOY, Benjamin John appointeddirector
- 2024-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-05📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-02-05📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-02-05🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2021-02-05🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-02-05🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2020-02-05🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2020-01-16🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2019-02-05🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2010-07-01➕VOY, Gary William appointeddirector
- 2006-03-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2005-02-15🏢Company incorporatedAs TIMBERBUSH TOURS LIMITED
- 2005-02-15➕VOY, Gary William appointedsecretary
- 2005-02-15➕VOY, June appointeddirector
- 2005-02-15➕HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2005-02-15➖HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2005-02-15➕HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. appointedcorporate-director
- 2005-02-15➖HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — VOY, Benjamin John (same surname) appointed 2025-10-08. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 med ·Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs June Voy Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/11/2025 |
Mr Gary William Voy Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
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Filing status
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/02/2020 | 06/01/2026 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 05/02/2020 | 06/01/2026 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 16/01/2020 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/02/2019 | 05/02/2021 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 14/03/2006 | 05/02/2021 |