ANDERSON BLACK EXECUTIVE TRAVEL LTD.

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SC813657 · ltd · incorporated 2024-06-14
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (69/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-31

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 accounts
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2025-08-31
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-08-20
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2025-08-19
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2024-09-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-06-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANDERSON BLACK EXECUTIVE TRAVEL LTD.
  9. 2024-06-14
    ANDERSON BLACK, Gemma appointed
    secretary
  10. 2024-06-14
    ANDERSON BLACK, Gemma appointed
    director
  11. 2024-06-14
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ANDERSON BLACK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Young company: Only 1.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-08-20: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Gemma Anderson Black
Individual · British · DOB 08/1986 · age 40
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/06/2024
Sarah Jane Anderson Black
Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1996 · age 30
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/06/2024

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
Incorporated2024-06-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

17 Kepscaith Grove
Whitburn
Bathgate
West Lothian
EH47 8JE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-27
Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ANDERSON BLACK, Gemma
secretary · appointed 2024-06-14
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Active
ANDERSON BLACK, Gemma
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-06-14
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-24
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-10-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-31
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-08-20
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-06-14