BERKHAMSTED MOTOR CYCLE AND CAR CLUB LIMITED

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02152698 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1987-08-05
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£61.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
89 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £61,240
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,805 YoY
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£52k
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£61k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£53k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£14k£28k£43k£57k£71kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£61.2k£71.0k
Current assets£52.8k£60.7k
Cash£51.7k£59.9k
Debtors£1.1k£799
Net assets£61.2k£71.0k

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

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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-08
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  2. 2024-09-19
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  3. 2023-07-06
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  4. 2022-09-09
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  5. 2022-01-18
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  6. 2022-01-18
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  8. 2022-01-18
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  9. 2022-01-18
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    address · AD01
  10. 2022-01-17
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    NORTH, Jason David Vincent appointed
    director
  11. 2022-01-17
    ➖
    HOOLE, Stephen James resigned
    secretary
  12. 2022-01-17
    ➖
    HOOLE, Stephen James resigned
    director
  13. 2022-01-17
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    PORTER, David Gordon resigned
    director
  14. 2021-07-27
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  15. 2020-09-25
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  16. 2019-09-15
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  17. 2018-08-23
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  18. 2017-09-26
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  19. 2016-09-27
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  20. 2009-09-21
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    GREEVES, Martin Paul appointed
    director
  21. 2003-12-31
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    GAYLARD, Rex resigned
    director
  22. 1987-08-05
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    Company incorporated
    As BERKHAMSTED MOTOR CYCLE AND CAR CLUB LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1987-08-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Nash Mills Recreation Centre
Red Lion Lane
Hemel Hempstead
Herts
HP3 9TE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-26
Last: 2025-10-12

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

GREEVES, Martin Paul→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-09-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NORTH, Jason David Vincent→
director · ~33y · appointed 2022-01-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOOLE, Stephen James→
secretary · resigned 2022-01-17
Resigned
GAYLARD, Rex→
director · ~92y · resigned 2003-12-31
Resigned
HOOLE, Stephen James→
director · ~93y · resigned 2022-01-17
Resigned
PORTER, David Gordon→
director · ~74y · resigned 2022-01-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (89 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-18
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-01-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-27