investment strategy

The Darwin Leisure Development Fund invests in a portfolio of UK Holiday Parks. We apply a structured process to the acquisition, development and management of each of our parks in order to maximise their returns for the overall portfolio.

Targeted acquisition of parks

We have a robust acquisition process which evaluates potential purchases based on location, park attributes and opportunities for growth and development.

Gearing

Acquisitions and redevelopments will be funded by modest gearing of up to 20% as well as by utilising cash within the Fund.

Capital investment to improve facilities

Parks will be redeveloped on a complete or partial basis, as appropriate, in order to improve the infrastructure and facilities and offer luxury lodge accommodation. This will eradicate any seasonality and generate higher revenues for the park.

Exploit planning opportunities

The Fund will focus on acquiring parks with potential for redevelopment. These might be:

‘Greenfield’ sites with planning permission
Existing operations with unexploited planning permission
Tenting and touring parks where planning permission might be obtained.

Improved management of parks

In order to maximise revenues, we will utilise our specialist, experienced management team to improve their commerciality and incorporate parks into the rest of the group to create economies of scale.

The investor and customer virtuous circles

Our philosophy is simple – to create parks which are best in their class and drive strong, stable income returns and capital appreciation. This can only be achieved by creating parks that continually attract customers and provide them with outstanding holiday experiences.

Norfolk Woods, Norfolk - opened January 2019