BELVIDERE AUTO SERVICES (WALLASEY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01341374 · ltd · incorporated 1977-11-30
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£21.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 2 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 (2 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
95 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £21,600
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,852 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£22k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£79k
↓ 3.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£16k£33k£49k£65k£81kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£25.4k£28.6k
Current assets£78.8k£81.4k
Net assets£21.6k£25.5k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-05
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    officers · TM02
  3. 2026-01-05
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-01-01
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    MCCAVISH, Edward resigned
    secretary
  5. 2026-01-01
    ➖
    MCCAVISH, Edward resigned
    director
  6. 2025-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2024-04-11
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  9. 2023-03-21
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-01-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2023-01-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2022-07-11
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    MCCAVISH, Edward appointed
    director
  13. 2022-07-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2022-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  17. 2019-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-01-31
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  19. 2017-01-17
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    accounts · AA
  20. 1998-01-01
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    MCCAVISH, Lesley appointed
    director
  21. 1998-01-01
    ➖
    MCCAVISH, Barbara resigned
    director
  22. 1977-11-30
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    Company incorporated
    As BELVIDERE AUTO SERVICES (WALLASEY) LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 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

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: MCCAVISH, Edward resigned 2026-01-01; MCCAVISH, Edward resigned 2026-01-01

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Edward Mccavish
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/01/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Edward Mccavishceased 12/01/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1977-11-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

2a Belvidere Road
Wallasey
Merseyside
CH45 4RY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MCCAVISH, Edward→
director · ~64y · appointed 2022-07-11
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Active
MCCAVISH, Lesley→
director · ~66y · appointed 1998-01-01
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Active
MCCAVISH, Edward→
secretary · resigned 2026-01-01
Resigned
MCCAVISH, Barbara→
director · ~88y · resigned 1998-01-01
Resigned
MCCAVISH, Edward→
director · ~95y · resigned 2026-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-01-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-07