C & N CARAVAN SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04460022 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-12
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 10.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£288.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £288,673

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£289k
↑ 1.5% YoY
Current Assets
£127k
↓ 1.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£58k£115k£173k£231k£289kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£294.1k£291.5k
Current assets£126.8k£128.1k
Net assets£288.7k£284.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-05-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-05-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2026-04-27
    ➕
    YOUNG, Carol Anne appointed
    director
  5. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-07-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-07-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-07-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2021-12-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2021-12-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-12-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2021-12-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2020-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-11-05
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  20. 2020-11-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2020-09-25
    ➖
    YOUNG, Julie Ann resigned
    secretary
  22. 2020-09-25
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  23. 2016-02-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  24. 2010-10-31
    ➖
    YOUNG, Christopher resigned
    director
  25. 2002-06-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As C & N CARAVAN SERVICES LIMITED
  26. 2002-06-12
    ➕
    YOUNG, Neil Christopher appointed
    director
  27. 2002-06-12
    ➕
    YOUNG, Julie Ann appointed
    secretary
  28. 2002-06-12
    ➕
    THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2002-06-12
    ➖
    THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2002-06-12
    ➕
    YOUNG, Christopher appointed
    director
  31. 2002-06-12
    ➕
    THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2002-06-12
    ➖
    THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Neil Christopher Young
Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · firm interest20/06/2016
Mrs Carol Anne Young
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares27/04/2026

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
Incorporated2002-06-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

3 Severn Close
Caerhowel
Montgomery
SY15 6JE
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-22
Last: 2026-06-08

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

YOUNG, Carol Anne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2026-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNG, Neil Christopher→
director · ~56y · appointed 2002-06-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNG, Julie Ann→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-12 · resigned 2020-09-25
Resigned
THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-12 · resigned 2002-06-12
Resigned
YOUNG, Christopher→
director · ~82y · appointed 2002-06-12 · resigned 2010-10-31
Resigned
THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-12 · resigned 2002-06-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property29/02/201605/11/2020

Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21