CHURCH ROAD MOTORS (BRADMORE) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01036419 · ltd · incorporated 1971-12-29
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
£22.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 45112SIC 45112
- 45200SIC 45200
- 45320Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -80% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £22,677
Net assets shrinking
Down £50,350 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 80% YoY
Cash YoY
-80%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£10k
↓ 80% YoY
Net Worth
£23k
↓ 69% YoY
Current Assets
£69k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £22.7k | £73.0k |
| Current assets | £69.0k | £116.9k |
| Cash | £10.3k | £52.1k |
| Debtors | £42.8k | £49.2k |
| Net assets | £22.7k | £73.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-27➕BENTLEY, Christopher David appointeddirector
- 2018-07-27➕HOMMERS, Sarah Jane appointeddirector
- 2018-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-07-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2016-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2015-12-29➖BENTLEY, Stephen Thomas resigneddirector
- 2015-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 1971-12-29🏢Company incorporatedAs CHURCH ROAD MOTORS (BRADMORE) LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Bentley Individual · British · DOB 07/1945 · age 81 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1971-12-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320
Registered office
49, Church Road,
Bradmore,
Wolverhampton,
WV3 7ER
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last: 2025-07-17
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
Active
BENTLEY, Christopher David→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2018-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOMMERS, Sarah Jane→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2018-07-27
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BENTLEY, Stephen Thomas→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · resigned 2015-12-29
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Recent filings (87 total)
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2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-27