ASH TREE CARAVAN PARK LTD

🌳Matureactive
06498305 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-08
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 8.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£425.2k
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 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 8.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
40 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 £425,236
Cash YoY
+25%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£49k
↑ 25% YoY
Net Worth
£425k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Assets
£295k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£85k£170k£255k£340k£425kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£429.0k£397.0k
Current assets£294.6k£242.4k
Cash£48.6k£39.0k
Debtors£199.3k£189.8k
Net assets£425.2k£385.2k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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  2. 2025-02-06
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  3. 2024-11-29
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  4. 2023-11-30
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  5. 2022-10-27
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  6. 2021-11-25
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  7. 2021-02-26
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  8. 2019-11-29
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  9. 2018-11-29
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  10. 2017-11-30
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  11. 2017-08-10
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  12. 2017-08-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  13. 2016-11-30
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  14. 2016-03-02
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  15. 2015-11-30
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  16. 2015-03-16
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  17. 2008-02-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ASH TREE CARAVAN PARK LTD
  18. 2008-02-08
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    JAMES, Joanne Clare appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-02-08
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    JAMES, Joanne Clare appointed
    director
  20. 2008-02-08
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    JAMES, Roger Anthony appointed
    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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Joanne Clare James
Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
Mr Roger Anthony James
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-02-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55300 — SIC 55300

Registered office

Lower Trawscoed
Newbridge-On-Wye
Llandrindod Wells
LD1 6HR
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

JAMES, Joanne Clare→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-08
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JAMES, Joanne Clare→
director · ~57y · appointed 2008-02-08
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JAMES, Roger Anthony→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-02-08
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—08/08/2017—
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Recent filings (40 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
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accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
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address · AD01
2025-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
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2023-11-30
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2023-02-20
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accounts · AA
2022-10-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-25
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accounts · AA
2021-11-25
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accounts · AA
2021-02-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-19
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accounts · AA
2019-11-29