WANGPING TRAVEL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC302000 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-08
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Tour operator activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees5500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-02-08
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2023-02-07
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    ZHOU, Xuan resigned
    secretary
  8. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-24
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-04-17
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  14. 2019-04-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2019-04-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2019-04-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2019-03-26
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    LIU, Yang appointed
    director
  18. 2019-03-26
    ➕
    ZHOU, Xuan appointed
    secretary
  19. 2019-03-26
    ➖
    SONG, Jie resigned
    director
  20. 2009-11-26
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    DAVIDSON-ROSE, Christopher resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-05-08
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    Company incorporated
    As WANGPING TRAVEL LIMITED
  22. 2006-05-08
    ➕
    DAVIDSON-ROSE, Christopher appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-05-08
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-05-08
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-05-08
    ➕
    SONG, Jie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Yang Liu
Individual · Chinese · DOB 03/1987 · age 39
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/03/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Xuan Zhouceased 07/02/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Ms Jie Songceased 26/03/2019· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2006-05-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities

Registered office

40 Granton Mill Park
Edinburgh
EH4 4UU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-21
Last: 2026-02-07

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

LIU, Yang→
director · ~39y · appointed 2019-03-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIDSON-ROSE, Christopher→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-08 · resigned 2009-11-26
Resigned
ZHOU, Xuan→
secretary · appointed 2019-03-26 · resigned 2023-02-07
Resigned
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-05-08 · resigned 2006-05-08
Resigned
SONG, Jie→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-05-08 · resigned 2019-03-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-08
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-20