PILGRIM CARAVANS OUTDOORS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC751221 · ltd · incorporated 2022-11-23
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 2 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Deal-killer verdict: clean → complicated
  • · Filings: 6 → 7
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Mixed signals in the last 30 days — 1 improved, 1 worsened.

  • Deal-killer verdict: cleancomplicated
  • Filings: 67
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Nov 2025
Net worth
£-32.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £32,505

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£18k
Net Worth
-£33k
Current Assets
£81k
Current Liabilities
-£33k-£10k£13k£36k£59k£81kNov 2023Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£-32.5k
Current assets£81.5k
Cash£17.8k
Debtors£24.7k
Net assets£-32.5k
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PILGRIM CARAVANS OUTDOORS LIMITED
  5. 2022-11-23
    DUTTON, Nigel appointed
    director
  6. 2022-11-23
    DYBIEC, Kimberly appointed
    director
  7. 2022-11-23
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nigel Dutton
Individual · British · DOB 09/1975 · age 51
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control23/11/2022
Mrs Kimberly Dybiec
Individual · American · DOB 10/1982 · age 44
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control23/11/2022

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
Incorporated2022-11-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46690 — Wholesale of other machinery and equipment

Registered office

Kinloss House Kinloss Park
Kinloss
Forres
IV36 3XJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DUTTON, Nigel
director · ~51y · appointed 2022-11-23
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Active
DYBIEC, Kimberly
director · ~44y · appointed 2022-11-23
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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-11-23