CLYDE VALLEY FAMILY PARK LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC585966 · ltd · incorporated 2018-01-17
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of amusement parks and theme parks
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 8.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
24 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees302800

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-18
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-08-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2018-08-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  11. 2018-07-12
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    accounts · AA01
  12. 2018-03-28
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    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2018-03-28
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    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2018-03-28
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2018-03-26
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  16. 2018-03-26
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2018-03-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2018-03-14
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    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2018-03-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2018-01-17
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    Company incorporated
    As CLYDE VALLEY FAMILY PARK LIMITED
  21. 2018-01-17
    BELL, Cameron Archibald appointed
    director
  22. 2018-01-17
    BELL, Grant Robert appointed
    director
  23. 2018-01-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Clyde Link Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Clyde Link Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
CLYDE VALLEY FAMILY PARK LIMITED
This company · SC585966

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Clyde Link Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control17/01/2018

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-01-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93210 — Activities of amusement parks and theme parks

Registered office

East Links Family Park
Dunbar
East Lothian
EH42 1XF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BELL, Cameron Archibald
director · ~33y · appointed 2018-01-17
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Active
BELL, Grant Robert
director · ~63y · appointed 2018-01-17
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property26/03/2018
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property26/03/2018
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property26/03/2018
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge12/03/2018
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Recent filings (24 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-22