🎲 Park Holidays UK Limited

This company is a licensed gambling operator in Great Britain, holding an active operating licence from the Gambling Commission. Its gambling permissions are associated with the operation of gaming and gambling facilities at its UK holiday parks. It forms part of a wider holiday park business that provides caravans and holiday homes, together with on-site leisure and entertainment facilities.

The company can trace its origins to 1984, when Peter Bull and Jim Watson established a holiday park business beginning with the Frenchman’s Beach park (later known as Rye Harbour) near Rye in East Sussex. It originally traded under the name Cinque Ports Leisure, reflecting its early focus on parks in Kent and East Sussex. The business expanded in 2001 through the purchase of eleven parks from Haven Holidays, extending its geographic footprint into Dorset, Hampshire, Essex and Suffolk.

In 2007 the group adopted the Park Holidays UK name, reflecting a wider geographic spread of holiday parks and a focus on short-break and holiday stays across England. Over time, the group has grown to operate dozens of holiday parks, including sites in the West Country, the Peak District, Yorkshire and Scotland, acquired through a series of transactions between 2008 and 2021.

The company has undergone several changes in institutional ownership. In 2006, private equity firm Graphite Capital invested in the business. In November 2013, investment trust Caledonia Investments became the main investor. In December 2016, Caledonia agreed to sell the group to Tiger Bidco Ltd, a vehicle ultimately owned by Intermediate Capital Group (ICG). In April 2022, US-based Sun Communities, Inc. announced the acquisition of the Park Holidays UK group from ICG, adding the UK holiday park operator to its international portfolio of leisure and manufactured home communities.

Licensing and Operations

The company holds an Operating Licence issued by the Gambling Commission under the Gambling Act 2005. The licence is currently recorded as active and permits the company to provide gambling facilities in Great Britain, subject to the specific activities and licence conditions set out by the regulator.

Based on the nature of the wider business, the gambling activities covered by this operating licence relate primarily to gambling facilities made available to customers at holiday parks. These typically include gaming machines and other forms of gambling permitted under the relevant operating and ancillary licences. The Gambling Commission licence allows the company to lawfully offer such facilities, provided it complies with all applicable statutory requirements, Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP), and any additional conditions attached to its licence.

There is no publicly available information indicating that the operating licence has been suspended or revoked. The recorded status remains active, indicating that the company is currently authorised to provide the licensed gambling activities.

Regulatory History

Publicly available sources and recent searches do not show any recorded regulatory sanctions, financial penalties, or formal public statements by the Gambling Commission specifically relating to this licensee. There is no evidence in accessible records of licence suspension, revocation, or formal warnings issued by the regulator.

If any regulatory action has occurred but has not been published or is not easily accessible, it is not reflected in current open-source information.