BROADWAY GARAGE (HERNE BAY) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01113398 · ltd · incorporated 1973-05-11
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 33.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£19.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). 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 33.7y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 33.7 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 (79/100)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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
93 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £19,840
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,886 YoY
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£40k
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£20k
↓ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£44k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £19.8k | £30.7k |
| Current assets | £43.8k | £49.8k |
| Cash | £40.4k | £46.9k |
| Debtors | £1.7k | £1.3k |
| Net assets | £19.8k | £30.7k |
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.
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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 (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-20📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-20📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2013-12-22📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2000-09-23➕CAIRA, Gregory Victor appointedsecretary
- 2000-09-23➖CAIRA, Victor Philip resignedsecretary
- 2000-09-23➖CAIRA, Victor Philip resigneddirector
- 1994-11-30➕CAIRA, Michael Adrian appointeddirector
- 1992-10-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1973-05-11🏢Company incorporatedAs BROADWAY GARAGE (HERNE BAY) LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 53 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Gregory Victor Caira Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 30/06/2016 |
Mr Michael Adrian Caira Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 30/06/2016 |
Mr Philip Michael Caira Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1973-05-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
23/29 Broadway
Herne Bay
Kent
CT6 8SR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-18
Last: 2025-10-04
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
CAIRA, Gregory Victor→
Activesecretary · appointed 2000-09-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAIRA, Michael Adrian→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 1994-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAIRA, Victor Philip→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2000-09-23
CAIRA, Victor Philip→
Resigneddirector · ~97y · resigned 2000-09-23
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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 PLC | Deed of charge over credit balances | 1 property | 29/10/1992 | — |
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Recent filings (93 total)
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accounts · AA
2025-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-20