CARAVEL GLOBAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03683712 · ltd · incorporated 1998-12-15
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other transportation support activities
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees100200

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-25
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    FOGGO, Pamela appointed
    director
  3. 2024-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-25
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  5. 2023-11-04
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-19
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  11. 2018-09-05
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  12. 2018-01-03
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-08-16
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  14. 2015-12-15
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  15. 2015-08-26
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-12-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 1998-12-15
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    Company incorporated
    As CARAVEL GLOBAL LIMITED
  18. 1998-12-15
    ➕
    FOGGO, Pamela appointed
    secretary
  19. 1998-12-15
    ➕
    MOSES, Clive Francis appointed
    director
  20. 1998-12-15
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1998-12-15
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Clive Francis Moses
Individual · British · DOB 01/1944 · age 82
75–100%
—75-100% shares15/12/2016

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
Incorporated1998-12-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities

Registered office

1-3 Lodge Street
Darlington
County Durham
DL1 1TD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

FOGGO, Pamela→
secretary · appointed 1998-12-15
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Active
FOGGO, Pamela→
director · ~58y · appointed 2024-10-25
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Active
MOSES, Clive Francis→
director · ~82y · appointed 1998-12-15
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-12-15 · resigned 1998-12-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-27