ESCAPE TO INDIA LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC338466 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-27

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

—

year to Aug 2024

Net worth

£27.6k

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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

46 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £27,576

Net assets shrinking

Down £8,935 YoY

Cash YoY

+37%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£73k

↑ 37% YoY

Net Worth

£28k

↓ 24% YoY

Current Assets

£115k

↑ 16% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-08-26	2023-08-26
Total assets	£27.7k	£36.7k
Current assets	£115.1k	£98.8k
Cash	£72.6k	£53.1k
Debtors	£42.5k	£45.7k
Net assets	£27.6k	£36.5k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-05-23
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2023-05-26
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2022-05-24
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2021-05-13
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2020-08-26
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2019-05-24
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2018-05-25
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2017-05-19
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2016-05-18
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2016-04-01
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2015-05-19
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accounts · AA
2015-03-09
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2014-05-09
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2014-05-06
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STEWART, Alan Morris resigned
secretary
2014-05-06
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officers · TM02
2008-02-27
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Company incorporated
As ESCAPE TO INDIA LTD.
2008-02-27
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STEWART, Lysbeth Wilson appointed
director
2008-02-27
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STEWART, Alan Morris appointed
secretary
2008-02-27
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-02-27
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-02-27
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-director
2008-02-27
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Lysbeth Wilson Stewart Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	27/02/2017

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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-02-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities

Registered office

16 Lymekilns Road

East Kilbride

G74 4RR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-26

Last made up to: 2024-08-26

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-13

Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

STEWART, Lysbeth Wilson→

director · ~64y · appointed 2008-02-27

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Active

STEWART, Alan Morris→

secretary · appointed 2008-02-27 · resigned 2014-05-06

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-02-27 · resigned 2008-02-27

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-02-27 · resigned 2008-02-27

Resigned

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