ALBION CARAVANS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
13052865 · ltd · incorporated 2020-12-01
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£419.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45190
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).
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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £419,660
Cash YoY
-17%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£155k
↓ 17% YoY
Net Worth
£420k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£525k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £419.7k | £362.4k |
| Current assets | £524.7k | £523.5k |
| Cash | £155.4k | £186.7k |
| Debtors | £7.0k | £1.5k |
| Net assets | £419.7k | £362.4k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-08📄accounts-amended-with-made-up-dateaccounts · AAMD
- 2025-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-12-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-12-01🏢Company incorporatedAs ALBION CARAVANS LIMITED
- 2020-12-01➕FOWLER, James Edward appointeddirector
- 2020-12-01➕FOWLER, Sheila Mary appointeddirector
- 2020-12-01➕FOWLER, Stephen Leonard appointeddirector
- 2020-12-01📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr James Edward Fowler Individual · English · DOB 05/1983 · age 43 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/12/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-12-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190
Registered office
8 Outlands Rise
Bradford
BD10 9TR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-22
Last: 2025-12-08
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
FOWLER, James Edward→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2020-12-01
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FOWLER, Sheila Mary→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2020-12-01
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FOWLER, Stephen Leonard→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2020-12-01
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Recent filings (15 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
accounts · AAMD
2025-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-12-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-12-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-12-01