ARLESEY CAR & COMMERCIALS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01826136 · ltd · incorporated 1984-06-20
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 13.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£1.06M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 13.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.5 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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
108 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 £1,057,964
Cash YoY
+18%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£431k
↑ 18% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↑ 2.5% YoY
Current Assets
£717k
↑ 10.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.08M | £1.07M |
| Current assets | £717.2k | £652.2k |
| Cash | £430.8k | £364.8k |
| Debtors | £188.8k | £167.0k |
| Net assets | £1.06M | £1.03M |
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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See pricing →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 (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-12-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-05-02🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2013-05-21🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2013-01-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1997-09-01➕HYDE, Susan Lyn appointeddirector
- 1997-08-31➖HYDE, Peter Frederick resigneddirector
- 1984-06-20🏢Company incorporatedAs ARLESEY CAR & COMMERCIALS LIMITED
Owner dependency
91/100
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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 42 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Daniel Hyde Individual · British · DOB 12/1992 · age 34 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/12/2023 |
Mrs Susan Lyn Hyde Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 03/12/2020 |
Mr Mark Peter Hyde Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 04/12/2016 |
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
Incorporated1984-06-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
260-270 Butterfield Great Marlings
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU2 8DL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
Active
Active
HYDE, Susan Lyn→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 1997-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HYDE, Peter Frederick→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · resigned 1997-08-31
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 02/05/2014 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/05/2013 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 08/01/2013 | — |
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Recent filings (108 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06