BARMOOR CASTLE COUNTRY PARK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04981374 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-02
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 9.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Holiday centres and villages
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 9.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
63 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees12

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-02
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  3. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-28
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2024-02-27
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2024-02-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-02-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2024-02-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-03-10
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2017-03-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2011-07-13
    ➕
    LAMB, James Reginald Hedley appointed
    director
  19. 2011-07-13
    ➖
    LAMB, William Hedley resigned
    director
  20. 2004-01-09
    ➕
    LAMB, Ann appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-01-09
    ➕
    LAMB, Ann appointed
    director
  22. 2004-01-09
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2004-01-09
    ➕
    LAMB, William Hedley appointed
    director
  24. 2004-01-09
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  25. 2003-12-02
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    Company incorporated
    As BARMOOR CASTLE COUNTRY PARK LIMITED
  26. 2003-12-02
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2003-12-02
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 72 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

Group structure

Barmoor Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Barmoor Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BARMOOR CASTLE COUNTRY PARK LIMITED
This company · 04981374

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Barmoor Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control22/12/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Ann Lambceased 22/12/2023· 25-50% shares
  • Mr James Reginald Hedley Lambceased 22/12/2023· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2003-12-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55201 — Holiday centres and villages

Registered office

Barmoor Castle Country Park
Lowick
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 2TR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

LAMB, Ann→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAMB, Ann→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAMB, James Reginald Hedley→
director · ~44y · appointed 2011-07-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-12-02 · resigned 2004-01-09
Resigned
LAMB, William Hedley→
director · ~82y · appointed 2004-01-09 · resigned 2011-07-13
Resigned
CREDITREFORM LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-12-02 · resigned 2004-01-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—08/03/2017—
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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-02-28
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21