PADSTOW HOLIDAY PARK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03520127 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-02

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£2.21M

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Holiday centres and villages

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

88 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,211,287

Cash YoY

+15%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.0m

↑ 15% YoY

Net Worth

£2.2m

↑ 5.9% YoY

Current Assets

£1.1m

↑ 10% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£2.32M	£2.20M
Current assets	£1.07M	£971.6k
Cash	£1.03M	£891.9k
Debtors	£25.2k	£29.7k
Net assets	£2.21M	£2.09M

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 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-04-26
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2025-04-29
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2024-04-22
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2023-03-23
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officers · TM02
2023-03-09
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BARNES, Ann resigned
secretary
2023-03-08
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accounts · AA
2022-08-17
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2021-06-15
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2020-06-12
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2019-06-17
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2019-04-08
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TURNER, Rachel Ann appointed
director
2019-04-08
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BARNES, Gareth John resigned
director
2019-04-08
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2019-04-08
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2018-05-25
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2001-07-24
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BARNES, Philip resigned
director
2001-03-28
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BARNES, Ian resigned
director
1998-06-20
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BARNES, Philip appointed
director
1998-06-18
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BARNES, Alexander David appointed
director
1998-06-18
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BARNES, Gareth John appointed
director
1998-05-31
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BARNES, Ian appointed
director
1998-05-01
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BARNES, Ann appointed
director
1998-05-01
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BARNES, John appointed
director
1998-05-01
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BARNES, Ann appointed
secretary
1998-05-01
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-05-01
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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1998-03-02
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Company incorporated
As PADSTOW HOLIDAY PARK LIMITED
1998-03-02
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-03-02
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alexander David Barnes Individual · British · DOB 03/1980 · age 46	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	02/03/2017
Mrs Rachel Ann Turner Individual · British · DOB 04/1983 · age 43	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	02/03/2017

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr John Barnesceased 08/04/2019· 25-50% shares
Mrs Ann Barnesceased 08/04/2019· 25-50% shares
Mr Philip Barnesceased 08/04/2019· significant influence
Mr Gareth John Barnesceased 08/04/2019· significant influence

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

Incorporated1998-03-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55201 — Holiday centres and villages

Registered office

Padstow Holiday Park

Cliffdowne

Padstow

Cornwall

PL28 8LB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-23

Last: 2025-06-09

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

BARNES, Alexander David→

director · ~46y · appointed 1998-06-18

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Active

BARNES, Ann→

director · ~80y · appointed 1998-05-01

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Active

BARNES, John→

director · ~79y · appointed 1998-05-01

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Active

TURNER, Rachel Ann→

director · ~43y · appointed 2019-04-08

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Active

BARNES, Ann→

secretary · appointed 1998-05-01 · resigned 2023-03-09

Resigned

LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-02 · resigned 1998-05-01

Resigned

BARNES, Gareth John→

director · ~50y · appointed 1998-06-18 · resigned 2019-04-08

Resigned

BARNES, Ian→

director · ~57y · appointed 1998-05-31 · resigned 2001-03-28

Resigned

BARNES, Philip→

director · ~55y · appointed 1998-06-20 · resigned 2001-07-24

Resigned

LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-03-02 · resigned 1998-05-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (88 total)

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2026-04-26

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2025-06-20

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2025-04-29

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2024-06-11

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2024-04-22

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2023-06-14

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officers · TM02

2023-03-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

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2023-03-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-08-17

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2022-06-09

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2022-03-03

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2021-06-15

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2021-03-02

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2020-06-12

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-03-02