A 1 MOTOR STORES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02295035 · ltd · incorporated 1988-09-12

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

£934.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of professional membership organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

33 officers (7 active, 33 linked, 29 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

156 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £934,779

Cash YoY

-14%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£927k

↓ 14% YoY

Net Worth

£935k

↑ 3.0% YoY

Current Assets

£2.2m

↑ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£934.8k	£930.2k
Current assets	£2.24M	£1.99M
Cash	£926.9k	£1.07M
Debtors	£444.9k	£432.0k
Net assets	£934.8k	£907.3k

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

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (76 events)Click to expand

2025-11-21
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WHITEHEAD, Paul resigned
director
2025-11-21
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officers · TM01
2025-11-05
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officers · AP01
2025-11-05
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officers · TM01
2025-09-30
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accounts · AA
2025-09-12
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PATEL, Darshan appointed
director
2025-09-12
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DONEY, Mark resigned
director
2024-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-23
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officers · CH01
2023-10-23
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
2023-10-23
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officers · CH01
2023-10-23
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officers · AP01
2023-10-23
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officers · CH01
2023-10-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-23
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accounts · AA
2023-09-08
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BESTWICK, John Michael appointed
director
2023-09-08
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WILKINSON, Malcolm resigned
director
2022-12-21
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accounts · AA
2021-10-07
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officers · AP01
2021-10-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-10-05
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2021-09-24
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2021-09-23
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HUNT, Boden Albert appointed
director
2021-05-31
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BURROWS, David Robert resigned
director
2019-09-30
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SALLOWAY, Simon Mark appointed
director
2019-02-21
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WATSON, Julie Anne resigned
director
2015-12-31
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SALLOWAY, Simon appointed
secretary
2015-12-31
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MURRAY, John resigned
secretary
2015-06-01
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DONEY, Mark appointed
director
2015-05-29
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WAINWRIGHT, Gary John resigned
director
2013-10-09
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HOLT, Alan Wyndham resigned
director
2013-10-09
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SARSON, Tony Graham resigned
director
2013-10-09
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WATSON, Julie Anne appointed
director
2013-10-09
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WILKINSON, Malcolm appointed
director
2013-06-30
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LAWTON, Derrick resigned
secretary
2013-06-30
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MURRAY, John appointed
secretary
2008-01-24
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SARSON, Tony Graham appointed
director
2007-11-15
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CLARKE, Michael David resigned
director
2006-01-02
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WAINWRIGHT, Gary John appointed
director
2005-12-31
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SARSON, Tony Graham resigned
director
2005-09-23
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BURROWS, David Robert appointed
director
2005-04-28
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SHULMAN, Gary resigned
director
2005-01-04
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MASON, Glenn David appointed
director
2005-01-04
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DUDDY, James resigned
director
2004-09-25
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CLARKE, Michael David appointed
director
2004-09-25
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KAYE, David John resigned
director
2003-09-27
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BATE, Anthony John resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: DONEY, Mark resigned 2025-09-12; WHITEHEAD, Paul resigned 2025-11-21

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Simon Mark Salloway Individual · British · DOB 11/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	19/08/2021
Mr William Garratt Individual · British · DOB 11/1938 · age 88	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Glenn David Mason Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr David Robert Burrowsceased 19/08/2021· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated1988-09-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94120 — Activities of professional membership organisations

Registered office

Unit 20 Waterfield Way

Sketchley Meadows, Burbage

Hinckley

Leicestershire

LE10 3ER

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-26

Last: 2025-09-12