BROADWAY TAXIS (BRIDGWATER) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01316212 · ltd · incorporated 1977-06-03
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 42.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 75). 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
3 live charges · oldest 42.6y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 42.6 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 (78/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 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
78/100Strong
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
77
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 | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2600 | 3100 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-15📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-09-15📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-09-15🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2025-09-15🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-04-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-04-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-04-01➕SATURLEY, David appointeddirector
- 2022-04-01➕SATURLEY, Stephen appointeddirector
- 2022-01-24➖SATURLEY, Michael David resigneddirector
- 2021-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 1997-03-11🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1990-01-11🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1983-12-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1977-06-03🏢Company incorporatedAs BROADWAY TAXIS (BRIDGWATER) 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 75 — 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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Stephen Saturley Individual · British · DOB 07/1973 · age 53 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 24/01/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Michael David Saturleyceased 24/01/2022· 50-75% shares
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
Incorporated1977-06-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320
Registered office
86 Friarn Street
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 3LJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
Active
SATURLEY, David→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2022-04-01
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SATURLEY, Stephen→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2022-04-01
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Active
SATURLEY, Michael David→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · resigned 2022-01-24
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 11/03/1997 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 11/01/1990 | 15/09/2025 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 20/12/1983 | 15/09/2025 |
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Recent filings (101 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-09-15
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-04-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-06