AMERICAN RV CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09320099 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-20

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

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33190

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47789Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Average employees	400	500

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2025-08-29
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accounts · AA
2024-08-30
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accounts · AA
2023-08-31
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accounts · AA
2022-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
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accounts · AA
2020-11-30
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accounts · AA
2019-08-30
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accounts · AA
2018-11-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-11-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-08-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2017-05-08
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officers · CH01
2017-05-08
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officers · CH01
2017-05-08
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address · AD01
2016-08-19
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accounts · AA
2014-11-20
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Company incorporated
As AMERICAN RV CENTRE LIMITED
2014-11-20
➕
WARD-REED, Neale Adrian appointed
director
2014-11-20
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WESTLEY-REED, Christopher John appointed
director

Owner dependency

78/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Christopher John Westley-Reed Individual · British · DOB 04/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Neale Adrian Ward-Reed Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2014-11-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

1 Billing Road

Northampton

Northamptonshire

NN1 5AL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-04

Last: 2025-11-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WARD-REED, Neale Adrian→

director · ~63y · appointed 2014-11-20

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Active

WESTLEY-REED, Christopher John→

director · ~71y · appointed 2014-11-20

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Active

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