B.A.R. (GARAGES) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01384773 · ltd · incorporated 1978-08-18
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 34.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£165.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 45200SIC 45200
- 77110Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 34.3y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 34.3 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 (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 3 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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
106 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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £165,137
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,796 YoY
Cash YoY
-6%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£64k
↓ 5.6% YoY
Net Worth
£165k
↓ 5.1% YoY
Current Assets
£239k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £189.0k | £207.2k |
| Current assets | £239.4k | £269.7k |
| Cash | £63.8k | £67.6k |
| Debtors | £91.3k | £92.8k |
| Net assets | £165.1k | £173.9k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-09-26➕ROBERTS, Cerys Margaret appointeddirector
- 2025-09-26➖ROBERTS, Brian Anthony resigneddirector
- 2025-09-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-10📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2018-12-10📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2018-12-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2018-10-31📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2018-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2011-07-07➖ANTROBUS, Maureen Ann resignedsecretary
- 2001-09-25➖ASH, Ronald Parker resigneddirector
- 2000-03-08➕ANTROBUS, Maureen Ann appointedsecretary
- 2000-03-08➖WARHURST, David John Marshall resignedsecretary
- 1994-11-18➕ROBERTS, David Anthony appointeddirector
- 1994-08-26➖ROBERTS, Pamela Ann resigneddirector
- 1993-11-01➕WARHURST, David John Marshall appointedsecretary
- 1993-10-31➖POOLE, John Roderick resignedsecretary
- 1992-03-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1978-08-18🏢Company incorporatedAs B.A.R. (GARAGES) LIMITED
Owner dependency
84/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
26/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ROBERTS, Cerys Margaret (same surname) appointed 2025-09-26. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David Anthony Roberts Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/11/2016 |
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
Incorporated1978-08-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112
Registered office
Broad Street
Hanley
Stoke On Trent
Staffordshire
ST1 4EQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-05
Last: 2025-11-21
Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)
ROBERTS, Cerys Margaret→
Activedirector · ~27y · appointed 2025-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROBERTS, David Anthony→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 1994-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ANTROBUS, Maureen Ann→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2000-03-08 · resigned 2011-07-07
POOLE, John Roderick→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1993-10-31
WARHURST, David John Marshall→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1993-11-01 · resigned 2000-03-08
ASH, Ronald Parker→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · resigned 2001-09-25
ROBERTS, Brian Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · resigned 2025-09-26
ROBERTS, Pamela Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · resigned 1994-08-26
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 17/03/1992 | — |
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Recent filings (106 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31