BEDMINSTER ROAD GARAGE (SALES) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00675835 · ltd · incorporated 1960-11-23
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 34.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 34.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 34.7 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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees200200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-11-14
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  3. 2023-10-24
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  4. 2022-11-10
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  5. 2021-10-09
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  6. 2020-10-30
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  7. 2019-11-25
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  8. 2018-11-23
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  9. 2017-11-14
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  10. 2017-07-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  11. 2017-07-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2016-12-08
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-08-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-12-04
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-06-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-12-02
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-09-30
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    COLE, Bradley Steven appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-09-30
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    COLE, Bradley Steven appointed
    director
  19. 2006-09-30
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    WADE, George Arthur resigned
    secretary
  20. 2006-09-30
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    DUNSFORD, Robert John resigned
    director
  21. 2006-09-30
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    WADE, George Arthur resigned
    director
  22. 2006-09-29
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    CRANE, Robert Brian appointed
    director
  23. 1991-08-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: George Arthur Wade
  24. 1991-08-18
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    HALL, Frank Hilton resigned
    secretary
  25. 1991-08-18
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    WADE, George Arthur appointed
    secretary
  26. 1991-08-18
    ➖
    BUSH, Edwin Colston resigned
    director
  27. 1991-08-18
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    DUNSFORD, Robert John appointed
    director
  28. 1991-08-18
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    HALL, Frank Hilton resigned
    director
  29. 1991-08-18
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    WADE, George Arthur appointed
    director
  30. 1960-11-23
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    Company incorporated
    As BEDMINSTER ROAD GARAGE (SALES) LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 66 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Brian Crane
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares05/06/2017
Mr Bradley Steven Cole
Individual · British · DOB 12/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares05/06/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1960-11-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Bedminster Road Garage
Bedminster
Bristol
BS3 5NQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

COLE, Bradley Steven→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-30
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Active
COLE, Bradley Steven→
director · ~51y · appointed 2006-09-30
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Active
CRANE, Robert Brian→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-09-29
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Active
HALL, Frank Hilton→
secretary · resigned 1991-08-18
Resigned
WADE, George Arthur→
secretary · appointed 1991-08-18 · resigned 2006-09-30
Resigned
BUSH, Edwin Colston→
director · ~109y · resigned 1991-08-18
Resigned
DUNSFORD, Robert John→
director · ~71y · appointed 1991-08-18 · resigned 2006-09-30
Resigned
HALL, Frank Hilton→
director · ~104y · resigned 1991-08-18
Resigned
WADE, George Arthur→
director · ~85y · appointed 1991-08-18 · resigned 2006-09-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
George Arthur Wade
Mortgage1 property31/08/1991—
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Recent filings (99 total)

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2025-11-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
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accounts · AA
2024-11-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
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accounts · AA
2021-10-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-11-23