CALLESTICK CARAVAN SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
06816277 · ltd · incorporated 2009-02-11
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£27.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -47% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £27,787
Cash draining
Cash down 47% YoY
Cash YoY
-47%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
↓ 47% YoY
Net Worth
£28k
↑ 8.2% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£6k£11k£17k£22k£28kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Cash£1.3k£2.4k
Net assets£27.8k£25.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-01-24
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    PEARCE, Sally Elizabeth resigned
    director
  3. 2025-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-31
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2021-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-04
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-02-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-05-15
    ➕
    PEARCE, Karen Marie appointed
    director
  17. 2009-02-11
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    Company incorporated
    As CALLESTICK CARAVAN SERVICES LTD
  18. 2009-02-11
    ➕
    PEARCE, Mark Buckland appointed
    director
  19. 2009-02-11
    ➕
    PEARCE, Richard Buckland appointed
    director
  20. 2009-02-11
    ➕
    DUNGATE, Keith Stephen appointed
    director
  21. 2009-02-11
    ➖
    DUNGATE, Keith Stephen resigned
    director
  22. 2009-02-11
    ➕
    PEARCE, Sally Elizabeth 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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Buckland Pearce
Individual · British · DOB 11/1972 · age 54
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Karen Marie Pearce
Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

Treneglos
Callestick
Truro
Cornwall
TR4 9LP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PEARCE, Karen Marie→
director · ~55y · appointed 2013-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEARCE, Mark Buckland→
director · ~54y · appointed 2009-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEARCE, Richard Buckland→
director · ~80y · appointed 2009-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUNGATE, Keith Stephen→
director · ~78y · appointed 2009-02-11 · resigned 2009-02-11
Resigned
PEARCE, Sally Elizabeth→
director · ~75y · appointed 2009-02-11 · resigned 2026-01-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-04