ABBOT TRAVEL HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC700746 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-04
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 99999SIC 99999
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
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| Average employees | 100 | 0 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-08-18📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-08-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-08-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-08-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-08-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-08-03➕BOOTLAND, Carole Ann appointeddirector
- 2021-06-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBOT TRAVEL HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2021-06-04➕BOOTLAND-MCLAREN, Pamela appointeddirector
- 2021-06-04📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Carole Ann Bootland Individual · British · DOB 12/1949 · age 77 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 03/08/2021 |
Mrs Pamela Bootland-Mclaren Individual · British · DOB 09/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 04/06/2021 |
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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| 828 TAXIS LTD.→ SC322326 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
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| 903 TAXIS LTD.→ SC313821 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| 981 TAXIS LTD.→ SC318180 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| ADAM SMITH LIMITED→ SC116109 · est 1989 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 37y | — | — |
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| ADVANCE SCOT LIMITED→ SC577526 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| AESCULUS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ SC824678 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AFRICAN WOMEN'S NETWORK CIC→ SC718522 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| AFTON GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED→ SC220532 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | — | — |
| AGATHOS ONE (FP) (GP) LIMITED→ SC491308 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| AGENTS OF CHANGE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC753057 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 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 →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-06-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 7/1 Edgefield Road
Loanhead
EH20 9TB
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-18
Last: 2025-06-04
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BOOTLAND, Carole Ann→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2021-08-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BOOTLAND-MCLAREN, Pamela→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2021-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (15 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-24
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-08-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-08-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-08-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-08-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-06-04