CARAVAN SERVICING 4U LTD

🌳Matureactive
08420091 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-26
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£57.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33170
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 £57,688
Cash YoY
+5%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£143k
↑ 4.7% YoY
Net Worth
£58k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£147k
↑ 4.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£29k£59k£88k£118k£147kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£132.7k£126.8k
Current assets£147.5k£141.7k
Cash£142.8k£136.4k
Debtors£3.2k£3.8k
Net assets£57.7k£49.8k

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.

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
3
filings
  • • 2 miscellaneous
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  2. 2026-03-18
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  3. 2025-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-02-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2021-02-05
    ➖
    SMITH, Kevin Thomas resigned
    director
  11. 2020-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2017-09-01
    ➕
    SMITH, Kevin Thomas appointed
    director
  17. 2016-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-02-26
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    Company incorporated
    As CARAVAN SERVICING 4U LTD
  19. 2013-02-26
    ➕
    CHEESEMAN, Barry Kevin appointed
    director
  20. 2013-02-26
    ➕
    CHEESEMAN, Susan Valerie appointed
    director
  21. 2013-02-26
    ➕
    TURPIN, Andrew Frank appointed
    director
  22. 2013-02-26
    ➕
    TURPIN, Teresa Jayne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Barry Kevin Cheeseman
Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69
——board controlboard control06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Frank Turpin
Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
——board controlboard control06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Valerie Cheeseman
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
——board controlboard control06/04/2016
Mrs Teresa Jayne Turpin
Individual · British · DOB 10/1975 · age 51
——board controlboard control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-02-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170

Registered office

The Old Dryer Hinton Business Park
Tarrant Hinton
Blandford Forum
DT11 8JF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-12
Last: 2026-02-26

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

CHEESEMAN, Barry Kevin→
director · ~69y · appointed 2013-02-26
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Active
CHEESEMAN, Susan Valerie→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TURPIN, Andrew Frank→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TURPIN, Teresa Jayne→
director · ~51y · appointed 2013-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Kevin Thomas→
director · ~65y · appointed 2017-09-01 · resigned 2021-02-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-28
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-03-25
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-08