BORO TYRES AND EXHAUSTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01388246 · ltd · incorporated 1978-09-12
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
year to May 2025
Net worth
£74.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 45.2y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 45.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — 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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
103 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £74,626
Cash YoY
+8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£256k
↑ 7.9% YoY
Net Worth
£75k
↑ 7.5% YoY
Current Assets
£472k
↑ 5.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£94k£189k£283k£378k£472kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£82.1k£76.3k
Current assets£472.3k£447.6k
Cash£256.4k£237.6k
Debtors£134.6k£124.5k
Net assets£74.6k£69.4k

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

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2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
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  2. 2025-02-06
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  3. 2024-02-07
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  4. 2023-02-21
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  5. 2021-12-23
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  6. 2021-03-04
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  7. 2020-02-07
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  8. 2019-02-05
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  9. 2018-12-18
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  10. 2018-12-18
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  11. 2018-02-07
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  12. 2017-02-13
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  13. 2016-02-15
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  14. 2015-12-22
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  15. 2015-02-02
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  16. 2014-10-07
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    Charge satisfied #3
  17. 2014-10-07
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    Charge satisfied #2
  18. 2014-10-01
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    Charge satisfied #5
  19. 2012-03-01
    BESTON, Adam Michael appointed
    director
  20. 2000-05-08
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Susan Beston
  21. 1996-12-16
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    Charge satisfied #4
  22. 1993-02-12
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  23. 1990-03-26
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  24. 1985-03-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  25. 1981-05-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  26. 1978-09-12
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    Company incorporated
    As BORO TYRES AND EXHAUSTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 48 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 ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Msas Enterprises Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Msas Enterprises Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
BORO TYRES AND EXHAUSTS LIMITED
This company · 01388246

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Msas Enterprises Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/08/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr. Michael James Bestonceased 31/08/2018· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1978-09-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Seamer Road
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO12 4BT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-22
Last: 2025-12-08

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BESTON, Susan
secretary
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Active
BESTON, Adam Michael
director · ~42y · appointed 2012-03-01
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Active
BESTON, Michael James, Mr.
director · ~72y
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Active
BESTON, Susan
director · ~70y
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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Susan Beston / London York Fund Managers / Michael James Beston
Susan Beston / London York Fund Managers Limited / Michael James Beston
Debenture1 property08/05/200001/10/2014
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property12/02/199316/12/1996
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property26/03/199007/10/2014
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property06/03/198507/10/2014
outstanding
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property12/05/1981
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Recent filings (103 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-05