KNOWEPARK CARAVANS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC107878 · ltd · incorporated 1987-11-26
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£11.34M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 47990Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -52% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 37.3y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 37.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
111 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
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 £11,343,503
Cash draining
Cash down 52% YoY
Cash YoY
-52%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£2.7m
↓ 52% YoY
Net Worth
£11m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£14m
↑ 9.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £11.39M | £11.35M |
| Current assets | £14.01M | £12.75M |
| Cash | £2.66M | £5.50M |
| Debtors | £79.6k | £130.3k |
| Net assets | £11.34M | £11.30M |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-16📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-21📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-08-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-08-21📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2020-08-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-08-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-08-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-06-30➕LAING, Alan appointedsecretary
- 2020-06-30➕FINLAY, Grant appointeddirector
- 2020-06-30➕LAING, Alan appointeddirector
- 2020-06-30➕LAING, Robert John appointeddirector
- 2020-06-30➖FINLAY, Agnes Doreen Mclean resignedsecretary
- 2020-06-30➖FINLAY, Agnes Doreen Mclean resigneddirector
- 2020-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2002-06-29➖LAING, Robert resigneddirector
- 1995-07-07🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 1992-04-24🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1990-11-19🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1989-01-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Mercantile Credit Company LTD
- 1987-11-26🏢Company incorporatedAs KNOWEPARK CARAVANS LIMITED
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 78 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Robert Alexander Laing Individual · British · DOB 10/1948 · age 78 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Alan Laing Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Agnes Doreen Mclean Finlayceased 20/12/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
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
Incorporated1987-11-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Registered office
Hardie Road
Deans Industrial Estate
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 8BA
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04
Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)
Active
FINLAY, Grant→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2020-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAING, Robert John→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2020-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FINLAY, Agnes Doreen Mclean→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2020-06-30
FINLAY, Agnes Doreen Mclean→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · resigned 2020-06-30
LAING, Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~104y · resigned 2002-06-29
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 19/11/1990 | 07/07/1995 | |
| satisfied | Mercantile Credit Company Mercantile Credit Company LTD | Floating charge | 1 property | 30/01/1989 | 24/04/1992 |
Recent filings (111 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-29
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-08-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-08-21
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-08-21