APPULDURCOMBE GARDEN HOLIDAY PARK LTD

🌳Matureactive
04455070 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-06
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 55300
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees700700

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-09-18
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  3. 2024-03-12
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    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2024-03-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  7. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-04
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    SANDERS, Peter resigned
    director
  9. 2021-01-04
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-09-16
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  11. 2019-09-24
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  12. 2018-07-19
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  13. 2017-09-28
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  14. 2016-09-26
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-10
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  16. 2015-09-08
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  17. 2015-07-21
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  18. 2014-06-12
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    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2006-05-20
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    SANDERS, Julie Patricia resigned
    director
  20. 2003-08-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  21. 2002-12-09
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    SANDERS, Cherry appointed
    director
  22. 2002-07-19
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    SANDERS, Molly resigned
    director
  23. 2002-06-06
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    Company incorporated
    As APPULDURCOMBE GARDEN HOLIDAY PARK LTD
  24. 2002-06-06
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    CLIFFORD FRY & CO (COMPANY SECRETARIAL) LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2002-06-06
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    SANDERS, Kevin appointed
    director
  26. 2002-06-06
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-06-06
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2002-06-06
    ➕
    SANDERS, Julie Patricia appointed
    director
  29. 2002-06-06
    ➕
    SANDERS, Molly appointed
    director
  30. 2002-06-06
    ➕
    SANDERS, Peter appointed
    director
  31. 2002-06-06
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2002-06-06
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin Sanders
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-06-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55300 — SIC 55300

Registered office

St Marys House, Netherhampton
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP2 8PU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-20
Last: 2025-06-06

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

CLIFFORD FRY & CO (COMPANY SECRETARIAL) LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SANDERS, Cherry→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SANDERS, Kevin→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-06 · resigned 2002-06-06
Resigned
SANDERS, Julie Patricia→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-06-06 · resigned 2006-05-20
Resigned
SANDERS, Molly→
director · ~91y · appointed 2002-06-06 · resigned 2002-07-19
Resigned
SANDERS, Peter→
director · ~89y · appointed 2002-06-06 · resigned 2021-01-04
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-06 · resigned 2002-06-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
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Outstanding
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Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property26/08/200312/03/2024

Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-24