BRITISH COMMERCIAL VEHICLE MUSEUM TRUST

🌳Matureactive

02475754 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1990-03-01

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£2.50M

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Cultural education

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

91012Archives activities
91020Museum activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

44 officers (11 active, 44 linked, 39 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

164 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,499,999

Net assets shrinking

Down £49,506 YoY

Cash YoY

-13%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£212k

↓ 13% YoY

Net Worth

£2.5m

↓ 1.9% YoY

Current Assets

£218k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£2.50M	£2.55M
Current assets	£218.4k	£251.5k
Cash	£212.1k	£242.6k
Debtors	£3.3k	£5.8k
Net assets	£2.50M	£2.55M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (89 events)Click to expand

2025-10-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-08
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accounts · AA
2025-05-20
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officers · TM01
2025-05-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-03
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ELLISON, Keith James resigned
director
2024-10-03
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MITCHELL, David resigned
director
2024-10-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
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MAYO, Andrea Louise appointed
director
2024-09-18
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RAMASWAMY, Bharath appointed
director
2024-09-18
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GILCHRIST, John Patterson resigned
director
2024-03-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-18
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-03-18
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-03-14
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HALEY, Timothy John appointed
secretary
2024-03-14
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ROBINSON, William Gerard resigned
secretary
2024-03-14
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ROBINSON, William Gerard resigned
director
2023-09-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-01
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MOYES, Robert Keith resigned
director
2022-05-31
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JUKES, Peter George appointed
director
2022-03-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-24
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SOUTHWORTH, John Geoffrey appointed
director
2022-02-24
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ELLISON, Keith James appointed
director
2021-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-22
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MOYES, Robert Keith appointed
director
2019-12-19
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MOYES, Robert Keith resigned
secretary
2019-12-19
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ROBINSON, William Gerard appointed
secretary
2019-12-19
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MOYES, Robert Keith resigned
director
2019-07-18
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FORREST, Derek Bradshaw, Councillor appointed
director
2017-09-18
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BOWKER, William Henry resigned
director
2017-08-31
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HALEY, Timothy John appointed
director
2017-08-31
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MELIA, Christine Lesley appointed
director
2017-07-21
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MULLANEY, Gary resigned
director
2016-11-23
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MOYES, Robert Keith appointed
secretary
2016-11-23
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MOYES, Robert Keith appointed
director
2016-09-30
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ALDRIDGE, John Michael resigned
director
2016-09-30
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MILLER, Christopher resigned
director
2016-03-21
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MULLANEY, Gary appointed
director
2015-10-01
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BOWKER, William Henry appointed
director
2013-07-23
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BULLOCK, Stephen Frederick Richard resigned
director
2013-03-19
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MCKEVITT, Joseph Anthony appointed
director
2013-03-19
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MILLER, Christopher appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 89 events

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

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — 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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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

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-limited-exemption

Incorporated1990-03-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education

Registered office

King Street

Leyland

Preston

Lancashire

PR25 2LE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-16

Last: 2025-10-02