CAR VOGUE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00623882 · ltd · incorporated 1959-03-23
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 50.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 50.6y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 50.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 600 | 700 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-02-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-02-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-01-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-01-30📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-01-30📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2016-12-31➕SALMON, Gillian Mary appointedsecretary
- 2016-12-31➕SALMON, Gillian Mary appointeddirector
- 2016-12-31➖SALMON, Cherril Maureen resignedsecretary
- 2016-12-31➖SALMON, Cherril Maureen resigneddirector
- 2014-08-04➕SALMON, Cherril Maureen appointedsecretary
- 2014-08-04➖SALMON, John Leslie George resignedsecretary
- 2014-08-04➖SALMON, John Leslie George resigneddirector
- 2002-04-18➕SALMON, Cherril Maureen appointeddirector
- 1991-06-03➖FOSTER, Herbert William resignedsecretary
- 1991-06-03➕SALMON, John Leslie George appointedsecretary
- 1975-12-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank LTD
- 1959-03-23🏢Company incorporatedAs CAR VOGUE LIMITED
Owner dependency
74/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 67 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
William John Mark Salmon Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 25/10/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Mark Henwood Chanterceased 25/10/2016· 25-50% shares · trust interest
- Mr Simon Hugh Gregoryceased 25/10/2016· 25-50% shares · trust interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1959-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Registered office
24 Cliff Road
Newquay
Cornwall
TR7 2ND
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-12
Last: 2025-11-28
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
SALMON, Gillian Mary→
Activesecretary · appointed 2016-12-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SALMON, Gillian Mary→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2016-12-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOSTER, Herbert William→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1991-06-03
SALMON, Cherril Maureen→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2014-08-04 · resigned 2016-12-31
SALMON, John Leslie George→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1991-06-03 · resigned 2014-08-04
SALMON, Cherril Maureen→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 2002-04-18 · resigned 2016-12-31
SALMON, John Leslie George→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · resigned 2014-08-04
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank LTD | Debenture | 1 property | 23/12/1975 | — |
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Recent filings (101 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-02-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-08