EWES WATER CARAVAN & CAMPING PARK COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC162567 · ltd · incorporated 1996-01-11

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

£35.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 55300

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

77 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £35,882

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£36k

↑ 53% YoY

Current Assets

£3k

↑ 16% 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	£37.7k	£25.2k
Current assets	£2.6k	£2.2k
Net assets	£35.9k	£23.5k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2025-12-24
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2025-01-09
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address · AD01
2025-01-09
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officers · AP03
2025-01-09
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officers · AP01
2025-01-09
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officers · AP01
2025-01-09
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officers · TM02
2025-01-09
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officers · AP01
2024-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-01
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GORDON, Kerrie Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2024-04-01
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GORDON, David Grant appointed
director
2024-04-01
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GORDON, Kerrie Elizabeth appointed
director
2024-04-01
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NICOLSON, Aeneas Macdonald appointed
director
2024-04-01
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HILL, Kenneth Macqueen resigned
secretary
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-07-30
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-07-30
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-01-01
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SCOTT, John resigned
director
2019-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2005-03-07
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BARROW, William Walter resigned
director
2003-02-28
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BALMER, James Jamieson resigned
director
2001-01-01
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HARKNESS, Douglas resigned
director
1999-01-30
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JACKSON, Ralph Henry resigned
director
1996-01-11
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Company incorporated
As EWES WATER CARAVAN & CAMPING PARK COMPANY LIMITED
1996-01-11
➕
TAIT, Ronald Earsman appointed
director
1996-01-11
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HILL, Kenneth Macqueen appointed
secretary
1996-01-11
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-01-11
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-01-11
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BALMER, James Jamieson appointed
director
1996-01-11
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BARROW, William Walter appointed
director
1996-01-11
➕
HARKNESS, Douglas appointed
director
1996-01-11
➕
JACKSON, Ralph Henry appointed
director
1996-01-11
➕
SCOTT, John appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1996-01-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55300 — SIC 55300

Registered office

Langholm Rugby Football Club

Milntown

Langholm

DG13 0HG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-17

Last: 2026-01-03

Officers (5 active · 7 resigned)

GORDON, Kerrie Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2024-04-01

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Active

GORDON, David Grant→

director · ~56y · appointed 2024-04-01

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Active

GORDON, Kerrie Elizabeth→

director · ~54y · appointed 2024-04-01

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Active

NICOLSON, Aeneas Macdonald→

director · ~76y · appointed 2024-04-01

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Active

TAIT, Ronald Earsman→

director · ~79y · appointed 1996-01-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HILL, Kenneth Macqueen→

secretary · appointed 1996-01-11 · resigned 2024-04-01

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-01-11 · resigned 1996-01-11

Resigned

BALMER, James Jamieson→

director · ~87y · appointed 1996-01-11 · resigned 2003-02-28

Resigned

BARROW, William Walter→

director · ~97y · appointed 1996-01-11 · resigned 2005-03-07

Resigned

HARKNESS, Douglas→

director · ~78y · appointed 1996-01-11 · resigned 2001-01-01

Resigned

JACKSON, Ralph Henry→

director · ~109y · appointed 1996-01-11 · resigned 1999-01-30

Resigned

SCOTT, John→

director · ~82y · appointed 1996-01-11 · resigned 2020-01-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-12-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-13

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-01-09

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2025-01-09

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-01-09

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-01-09

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2025-01-09

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-01-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-12-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-12-21

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-12-21

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-06