R&G CARAVANS (SCOTLAND) LTD

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SC850313 · ltd · incorporated 2025-05-29
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.
Why now
Window opening · high confidence
More negotiable than before — 4 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 70
  • · Deal-killer verdict: clean → complicated
  • · Opportunity score: 71 → 62
  • · Bankability: 65 → 55
Opportunity decay
softening · 6-months
Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.
  • · 4 recent signals weakening vs 1 strengthening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 4 negative signals vs 1 positive.

  • Deal-killer verdict: cleancomplicated
  • Opportunity score: 7162
  • Hygiene score: 9070
  • Bankability: 6555
  • Filings: 12
  • +1 more
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2026
Net worth
£288
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed trade-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £288
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£288
Current Assets
£52k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-05-31
Total assets£52.5k
Current assets£52.5k
Net assets£288

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

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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
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 (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As R&G CARAVANS (SCOTLAND) LTD
  3. 2025-05-29
    SLOAN, Garry appointed
    director
  4. 2025-05-29
    SLOAN, Richard appointed
    director
  5. 2025-05-29
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 1.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-11

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Garry Sloan
Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1983 · age 43
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control29/05/2025
Mr Richard Sloan
Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1981 · age 45
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control29/05/2025

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
Incorporated2025-05-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

18 Taylor Street
Ayr
KA8 8AU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2028-02-29
Last made up to: 2026-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-11OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SLOAN, Garry
director · ~43y · appointed 2025-05-29
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Active
SLOAN, Richard
director · ~45y · appointed 2025-05-29
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Recent filings (2 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-05-29