ROYAL BURGH OF INVERBERVIE COMMUNITY CARAVAN PARK LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC285489 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-05-31

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

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other reservation service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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

19 officers (9 active, 19 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

68 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	200	100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2025-11-10
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2025-02-11
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2025-01-31
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SMITH, David Farquhar resigned
director
2024-11-11
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2024-01-04
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2023-06-05
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2023-06-05
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2023-04-01
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BISSET, Gordon Martin appointed
director
2023-04-01
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MEIKLEJOHN, Bruce James appointed
director
2023-03-31
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ABERNETHY, William Greig resigned
director
2023-03-31
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CUNNINGHAM, Robert Kerr resigned
director
2023-03-31
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MANN, Michael Maclean resigned
director
2022-10-30
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2022-08-25
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2022-08-24
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2021-10-27
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2020-09-29
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2019-06-28
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2018-09-14
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2017-06-27
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2013-11-19
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REID, Alan James Wesley resigned
director
2008-05-28
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BANNERMAN, Gerald resigned
director
2008-05-28
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GOUGH, John Henry resigned
director
2008-03-12
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DUGGIE, Alan Jonn appointed
director
2008-03-12
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GRAHAM, Alastair Brian appointed
director
2008-03-12
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WHITEHORN, Edward William Elliot resigned
secretary
2008-03-12
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ABERNETHY, William Greig appointed
director
2008-03-12
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BEATTIE, William resigned
director
2008-03-12
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WHITEHORN, Edward William Elliot resigned
director
2008-02-25
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SMITH, David Farquhar appointed
director
2007-11-26
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CUNNINGHAM, Robert Kerr appointed
director
2006-04-01
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WILLS, Diane appointed
secretary
2005-05-31
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Company incorporated
As ROYAL BURGH OF INVERBERVIE COMMUNITY CARAVAN PARK LTD.
2005-05-31
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BISSET, George Falconer appointed
director
2005-05-31
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MCNICOL, Hugh appointed
director
2005-05-31
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SMITH, Alick John appointed
director
2005-05-31
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WILLS, David James appointed
director
2005-05-31
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WHITEHORN, Edward William Elliot appointed
secretary
2005-05-31
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BANNERMAN, Gerald appointed
director
2005-05-31
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BEATTIE, William appointed
director
2005-05-31
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GOUGH, John Henry appointed
director
2005-05-31
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MANN, Michael Maclean appointed
director
2005-05-31
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REID, Alan James Wesley appointed
director
2005-05-31
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WHITEHORN, Edward William Elliot 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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BISSET, Gordon Martin (same surname) appointed 2023-04-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alick John Smith Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1950 · age 76	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	16/05/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2005-05-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC79909 — Other reservation service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

17 Market Square

Inverbervie

Montrose

DD10 0RN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-14

Last: 2025-05-31