BORDER CARAVANS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC245575 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-12

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£3.16M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 55300

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 21.2y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 21.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (8 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

96 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,159,623

Net assets shrinking

Down £367,679 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£3.2m

↓ 10% YoY

Current Assets

£6.1m

↑ 6.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£4.71M	£4.98M
Current assets	£6.13M	£5.76M
Debtors	£3.37M	£3.18M
Net assets	£3.16M	£3.53M

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

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 (39 events)Click to expand

2025-12-10
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accounts · AA
2025-08-27
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-08-27
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-02-24
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accounts · AA
2024-12-17
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officers · CH01
2024-12-17
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officers · CH01
2024-02-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-02-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-21
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accounts · AA
2023-08-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-20
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accounts · AA
2022-08-30
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officers · AP01
2022-08-30
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officers · AP01
2022-08-26
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GIFFORD, Dale Alexander appointed
director
2022-08-26
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MACDONALD, Stuart Angus appointed
director
2021-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
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WETHERLEY, Jean resigned
secretary
2021-06-24
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officers · TM02
2020-09-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-10
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Charge satisfied #2
2019-04-18
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2019-01-19
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CARLYLE, Natasha Ellis appointed
director
2013-07-25
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TAYLOR, Peter Brian Robert appointed
director
2005-04-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2005-01-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2003-04-15
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TAYLOR, Keith Peter appointed
director
2003-04-15
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TAYLOR, Sarah Jane appointed
director
2003-04-15
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WETHERLEY, Brian appointed
director
2003-04-15
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WETHERLEY, Jean appointed
director
2003-04-15
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WETHERLEY, Jean appointed
secretary
2003-04-15
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TM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-04-15
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REYNARD NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2003-04-15
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TM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2003-03-12
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Company incorporated
As BORDER CARAVANS LIMITED
2003-03-12
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TM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-12
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REYNARD NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-03-12
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TM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)

Group structure

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

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Border Caravans Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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BORDER CARAVANS LIMITED

This company · SC245575

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Border Caravans Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	31/01/2024

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Brian Wetherleyceased 31/01/2024· 25-50% shares
Mrs Jean Wetherleyceased 31/01/2024· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2003-03-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55300 — SIC 55300

Registered office

C/O Farries, Kirk & Mcvean Dumfries Enterprise Park, Tinwald Downs Road

Heathhall

Dumfries

DG1 3SJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-26

Last: 2026-03-12