BUILTH WELLS GARAGES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00756025 · ltd · incorporated 1963-04-02
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£613.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 47.8y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 47.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
109 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £613,342

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£250k
Net Worth
£613k
Current Assets
£716k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£613.3k
Current assets£716.1k
Cash£249.9k
Debtors£60.4k
Net assets£613.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-09-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-08-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-01-02
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    accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
    accounts · AAMD
  6. 2024-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-05-01
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    Charge satisfied #4
  17. 1999-07-02
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Linfood Properties Limited
  18. 1999-06-04
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 1998-09-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 1997-08-15
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    EVANS, Muriel Anne resigned
    director
  21. 1978-08-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank Limited
  22. 1963-04-02
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    Company incorporated
    As BUILTH WELLS GARAGES LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 63 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
Mrs Jean Mary Evans
Individual · British · DOB 03/1944 · age 82
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/07/2025
Mr John Gerald Evans
Individual · British · DOB 09/1937 · age 89
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/03/2017

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
Incorporated1963-04-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

Evans Business Park Llanelwedd
Builth Wells
Powys
LD2 3ST

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

EVANS, Martyn Andrew→
secretary
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Active
EVANS, John Gerald→
director · ~89y
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Active
EVANS, Martyn Andrew→
director · ~60y
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Active
EVANS, Timothy Jason→
director · ~57y
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Active
EVANS, Muriel Anne→
director · ~114y · resigned 1997-08-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Linfood Properties
Linfood Properties Limited
Deed of charge1 property02/07/199901/05/2013
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property04/06/1999—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property24/09/1998—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank Limited
Mortgage1 property24/08/1978—
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Recent filings (109 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
accounts · AAMD
2025-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-13