BURLINGTON CARAVANS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05289934 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-18
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 21.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.6y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
65 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£100
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£20£40£60£80£100Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£100£100
Debtors£100£100
Net assets£100£100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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  2. 2025-08-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-27
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  4. 2025-08-27
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  5. 2025-08-27
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  6. 2024-10-31
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  7. 2023-10-25
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  8. 2022-10-31
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  9. 2021-10-25
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  10. 2020-06-13
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  11. 2019-06-03
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  12. 2019-02-11
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  13. 2019-02-06
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    accounts · AA01
  14. 2018-08-31
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  15. 2018-07-22
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  16. 2017-10-10
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    officers · AP03
  17. 2017-09-14
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    HESP, John Graham appointed
    secretary
  18. 2017-09-14
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    GILLETT, Mark Antony appointed
    director
  19. 2017-09-14
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    CHADWICK, William Dunbar resigned
    director
  20. 2013-11-28
    ➖
    BOOTY, Robert resigned
    secretary
  21. 2013-11-28
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    BOOTY, Robert resigned
    director
  22. 2011-11-30
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Stephen Peter Conman and Steven Donald Wickett
  23. 2006-06-01
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    FISK, Bryan Melvyn resigned
    director
  24. 2004-12-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Yorkshire Bank
  25. 2004-11-18
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    Company incorporated
    As BURLINGTON CARAVANS LIMITED
  26. 2004-11-18
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    HESP, John Graham appointed
    director
  27. 2004-11-18
    ➕
    BOOTY, Robert appointed
    secretary
  28. 2004-11-18
    ➕
    BOOTY, Robert appointed
    director
  29. 2004-11-18
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    CHADWICK, William Dunbar appointed
    director
  30. 2004-11-18
    ➕
    FISK, Bryan Melvyn appointed
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Graham Hesp
Individual · British · DOB 06/1953 · age 73
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting01/11/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr William Dunbar Chadwickceased 14/09/2017· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Robert Bootyceased 28/11/2016· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-11-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Bridlington Caravan Centre Bessingby Way
Bessingby Industrial Estate
Bridlington
E. Yorks
YO16 4SJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

HESP, John Graham→
secretary · appointed 2017-09-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILLETT, Mark Antony→
director · ~65y · appointed 2017-09-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HESP, John Graham→
director · ~73y · appointed 2004-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOOTY, Robert→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-18 · resigned 2013-11-28
Resigned
BOOTY, Robert→
director · ~73y · appointed 2004-11-18 · resigned 2013-11-28
Resigned
CHADWICK, William Dunbar→
director · ~73y · appointed 2004-11-18 · resigned 2017-09-14
Resigned
FISK, Bryan Melvyn→
director · ~79y · appointed 2004-11-18 · resigned 2006-06-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Stephen Peter Conman and Steven Donald Wickett
Rent deposit deed1 property30/11/2011—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Yorkshire Bank
Debenture1 property24/12/2004—
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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-27
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-08-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-09