2007 Profit Track 100

Rank: 57   Park Resorts

Bought by GI Partners last month for a reported £440m

Park Resorts runs caravan parks for holidaymakers at 35 seaside locations from Scotland to the Isle of Wight. It also sells holiday homes. The company currently has 18,500 pitches, with planning permission for a further 1,250. Over the winter it completed an £18m revamp of its facilities, mainly at the 19 GB Holidays sites acquired in 2004 when ABN Amro merged the companies. ABN Amro recently sold Park Resorts to the private-equity firm GI Partners for £440m. Chief executive David Vaughan has delivered annual profit increases of 60% from £6.4m in 2003 to £26.6m in 2006.

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Company facts

Park Resorts
Caravan park operator
Company website

Profit growth
60.35% pa
2006 profit£26.6m
2003 profit£6.4m
2006 staff1,427
Founded2001
Location of HQHemel Hempstead
If applicable:
* = annualised figures
‡ = draft accounts