BRUCHE MOTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01349983 · ltd · incorporated 1978-01-25
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 35.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 35.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 35.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 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
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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Average employees1200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-20
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    LAWRENCE, Anthony Peter resigned
    director
  4. 2024-05-20
    ➖
    O'NEILL, Caroline Yvonne resigned
    director
  5. 2024-05-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-05-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-01
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    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-06-01
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-06-01
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-04-12
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    LAWRENCE, Christine Anne appointed
    director
  13. 2022-04-12
    ➕
    LAWRENCE, Anthony Peter appointed
    director
  14. 2022-04-12
    ➕
    O'NEILL, Caroline Yvonne appointed
    director
  15. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-12-22
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  21. 2017-12-22
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2017-01-05
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    accounts · AA
  23. 2014-11-25
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    LAWRENCE, Christine Anne resigned
    secretary
  24. 2014-11-25
    ➖
    LAWRENCE, Christine Anne resigned
    director
  25. 1991-04-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  26. 1978-01-25
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    Company incorporated
    As BRUCHE MOTORS LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 48 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Henry Peter Lawrence
Individual · British · DOB 06/1947 · age 79
75–100%
50–75%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1978-01-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

339a Manchester Road
Warrington
WA1 3NJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

LAWRENCE, Christine Anne→
director · ~79y · appointed 2022-04-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAWRENCE, Henry Peter→
director · ~79y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAWRENCE, Christine Anne→
secretary · resigned 2014-11-25
Resigned
LAWRENCE, Anthony Peter→
director · ~44y · appointed 2022-04-12 · resigned 2024-05-20
Resigned
LAWRENCE, Christine Anne→
director · ~79y · resigned 2014-11-25
Resigned
O'NEILL, Caroline Yvonne→
director · ~58y · appointed 2022-04-12 · resigned 2024-05-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property29/04/199122/12/2017

Recent filings (95 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-18