PORTSOY LINKS CARAVAN PARK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC419852 · ltd · incorporated 2012-03-19

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 55300

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). 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

33 officers (7 active, 33 linked, 29 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

97 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	900	600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (80 events)Click to expand

2026-04-07
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officers · TM01
2026-03-18
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SUMMERS, Lorna Alison resigned
director
2025-09-23
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accounts · AA
2025-09-23
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officers · AP01
2025-09-23
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officers · AP01
2025-09-23
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officers · TM01
2025-09-23
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officers · TM01
2025-09-17
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STEWART, Audrey Jean appointed
director
2025-09-17
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URQUHART, William David appointed
director
2025-09-17
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GOW, John, Rev resigned
director
2025-09-17
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SMITH, Natalie Debbie resigned
director
2024-09-25
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accounts · AA
2024-04-29
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officers · CH03
2023-09-15
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accounts · AA
2022-09-15
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officers · AP01
2022-09-15
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officers · TM01
2022-09-09
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accounts · AA
2022-09-08
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officers · CH01
2022-09-07
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MURRAY, Alexander Mcronald resigned
director
2022-09-07
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SUMMERS, Lorna Alison appointed
director
2022-06-12
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officers · TM02
2022-06-12
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officers · AP03
2022-05-26
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HASLAM, Aileen appointed
secretary
2022-05-13
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MURRAY, Shona resigned
secretary
2022-03-16
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officers · TM01
2022-03-03
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MASSON, June Lesley resigned
director
2021-12-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-15
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officers · AP01
2021-09-15
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officers · AP01
2021-09-15
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officers · AP01
2021-08-25
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STEPHENSON, Randell Alexander, Dr appointed
director
2021-08-25
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GOW, John, Rev appointed
director
2021-08-25
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SMITH, Natalie Debbie appointed
director
2021-08-06
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STEWART, Moira resigned
director
2020-09-09
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THOMSON, Alexander Victor resigned
director
2020-03-30
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RUPARELIA, Vinaykant resigned
director
2020-02-06
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NEWTON, Keith resigned
director
2020-01-08
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CLEMENTS, Wendy Jane resigned
director
2019-10-02
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MASSON, June Lesley appointed
director
2019-09-04
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MILTON, Mark Thomas Alexander appointed
director
2019-09-04
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URQUHART, David West appointed
director
2019-09-04
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CLEMENTS, Wendy Jane appointed
director
2019-09-04
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CROMBIE, James David Mark resigned
director
2019-09-04
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MURRAY, Alexander Mcronald appointed
director
2019-09-04
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STEWART, Moira appointed
director
2019-09-04
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SUMMERS, Lorna Alison resigned
director
2019-08-07
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GOODYEAR, Roger Maxwell resigned
director
2018-10-04
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MARTIN, Andrew Lumsden, Dr resigned
director
2018-01-15
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MARTIN, Andrew Lumsden, Dr appointed
director
2018-01-15
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THOMSON, Alexander Victor appointed
director

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Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: GOW, John, Rev resigned 2025-09-17; SMITH, Natalie Debbie resigned 2025-09-17; SUMMERS, Lorna Alison resigned 2026-03-18

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David West Urquhart Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest	08/04/2020

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Vinaykant Rupareliaceased 30/03/2020· significant influence
Mr Keith Newtonceased 06/02/2020· significant influence · trust interest
Mr Roger Maxwell Goodyearceased 30/05/2019· significant influence · trust interest

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2012-03-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55300 — SIC 55300

Registered office

Salmon Bothy

Links Road

Portsoy

Aberdeenshire

AB45 2SS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-02

Last: 2026-03-19