BARLOWS CARAVAN PARK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04964113 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-14

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 Oct 2025

Net worth

£1.30M

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 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -50% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 22.4y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 22.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

64 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,297,670

Cash draining

Cash down 50% YoY

Cash YoY

-50%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£42k

↓ 50% YoY

Net Worth

£1.3m

↑ 2.4% YoY

Current Assets

£42k

↓ 50% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£4.90M	£4.94M
Current assets	£41.7k	£84.2k
Cash	£41.7k	£84.2k
Net assets	£1.30M	£1.27M

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

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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

• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-07-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-13
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-07-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-15
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-07-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-07-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2005-04-14
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HARPER, Vivien appointed
director
2005-04-14
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LEES, Jonathan resigned
director
2004-02-18
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2004-02-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2004-01-09
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LEES, Grace appointed
secretary
2004-01-09
➕
LEES, Grace appointed
director
2004-01-09
➖
TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-01-09
➕
LEES, Jonathan appointed
director
2004-01-09
➖
TEMPLES (COMPANY SERVICES) LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2003-11-14
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Company incorporated
As BARLOWS CARAVAN PARK LIMITED
2003-11-14
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TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-11-14
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TEMPLES (COMPANY SERVICES) LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-director

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Jonathan Lees Individual · British · DOB 07/1978 · age 48	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	15/05/2024
Grace Lees Individual · British · DOB 03/1944 · age 82	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	07/11/2016
Vivien Harper Individual · British · DOB 05/1977 · age 49	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	07/11/2016

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

Incorporated2003-11-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55300 — SIC 55300

Registered office

Barlows Caravan Park

Caerwys

Mold

Flintshire

CH7 5BA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-17

Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

LEES, Grace→

secretary · appointed 2004-01-09

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HARPER, Vivien→

director · ~49y · appointed 2005-04-14

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Active

LEES, Grace→

director · ~82y · appointed 2004-01-09

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-14 · resigned 2004-01-09

Resigned

LEES, Jonathan→

director · ~48y · appointed 2004-01-09 · resigned 2005-04-14

Resigned

TEMPLES (COMPANY SERVICES) LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-11-14 · resigned 2004-01-09

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	18/02/2004	—
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	18/02/2004	—

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Recent filings (64 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-07-13

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-07-13

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

accounts · AA

2026-07-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-11

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-10-21

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

accounts · AA

2025-03-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-20

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

accounts · AA

2024-06-03

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2024-05-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-21

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

accounts · AA

2023-06-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-21

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

accounts · AA

2022-07-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-08

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

accounts · AA

2021-07-28