BAY CARAVAN PARKS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11895948 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-21
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
£5.39M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 55300
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 2.7y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · 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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
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
28 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £5,391,209
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£414k
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£5.4m
↑ 6.9% YoY
Current Assets
£1.3m
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £5.69M | £5.32M |
| Current assets | £1.28M | £1.15M |
| Cash | £413.8k | £483.1k |
| Debtors | £751.9k | £483.4k |
| Net assets | £5.39M | £5.04M |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 4 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-27➕BROCKLEBANK, Karly appointedsecretary
- 2026-03-27➖MCCARTHY, John resignedsecretary
- 2026-03-27📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2026-03-27📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2026-03-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-11-19📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-11-18📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-11-18📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-10-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-10-23🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2023-10-23🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2023-10-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2022-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-21🏢Company incorporatedAs BAY CARAVAN PARKS LIMITED
- 2019-03-21➕MCCARTHY, Helen appointeddirector
- 2019-03-21➕MCCARTHY, John appointeddirector
- 2019-03-21➕MCCARTHY, John appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
74/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
46/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Helen Mccarthy Individual · Irish · DOB 01/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 21/03/2019 |
John Mccarthy Individual · Irish · DOB 12/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 21/03/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-03-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55300 — SIC 55300
Registered office
Dalton House
9 Dalton Square
Lancaster
LA1 1WD
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
BROCKLEBANK, Karly→
Activesecretary · appointed 2026-03-27
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MCCARTHY, Helen→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2019-03-21
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MCCARTHY, John→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2019-03-21
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MCCARTHY, John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2019-03-21 · resigned 2026-03-27
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/10/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/10/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 06/10/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (28 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-03-27
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-03-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-19
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-11-19
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-11-18
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19