AROSA CARAVAN & CAMPING PARK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04821359 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-04
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.
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
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
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 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
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
67 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
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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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Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-21
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2022-09-20
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  9. 2021-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-02-15
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2019-02-15
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-02-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-12
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    CHERRY, Sharren appointed
    director
  16. 2018-09-12
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    CHERRY, Dennis Gordon resigned
    director
  17. 2018-04-07
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    CHERRY, Dennis Gordon resigned
    secretary
  18. 2018-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-12-27
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    address · AD01
  20. 2005-10-30
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    CHERRY, Dennis Gordon appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-10-30
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    CHERRY, Neil Raymond resigned
    secretary
  22. 2003-09-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  23. 2003-07-04
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    Company incorporated
    As AROSA CARAVAN & CAMPING PARK LIMITED
  24. 2003-07-04
    ➕
    CHERRY, Neil Raymond appointed
    director
  25. 2003-07-04
    ➕
    CHERRY, Neil Raymond appointed
    secretary
  26. 2003-07-04
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-07-04
    ➖
    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  28. 2003-07-04
    ➕
    CHERRY, Dennis Gordon appointed
    director
  29. 2003-07-04
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  30. 2003-07-04
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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 64. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 Neil Cherry
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-07-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55300 — SIC 55300

Registered office

Arosa Caravan And Camping Park Ratten Row
Seamer
Scarborough
YO12 4QB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-18
Last: 2025-07-04

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

CHERRY, Neil Raymond→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHERRY, Sharren→
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-09-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHERRY, Dennis Gordon→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-30 · resigned 2018-04-07
Resigned
CHERRY, Neil Raymond→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-04 · resigned 2005-10-30
Resigned
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-04 · resigned 2003-07-04
Resigned
CHERRY, Dennis Gordon→
director · ~89y · appointed 2003-07-04 · resigned 2018-09-12
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2003-07-04 · resigned 2003-07-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property10/09/2003—
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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-09-21
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-23