C.A.R. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02521259 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1990-07-12

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

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year to Jul 2025

Net worth

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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

Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). 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

43 officers (9 active, 43 linked, 41 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

169 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	0	0

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 (88 events)Click to expand

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HOLDEN, David Robert appointed
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2022-12-07
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HILL, Geoff Thomas appointed
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2022-11-05
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TURNER, Corinne Beverly appointed
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2022-11-05
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GOMIS, Anthony John resigned
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2022-11-05
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OWLER, Anthony Mckenzie resigned
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2022-11-05
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ROBERTS, Paul Edgar James resigned
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2021-11-11
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TURNER, John Hugh appointed
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2019-11-03
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GOMIS, Anthony John appointed
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2019-11-03
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HOLLAND, Milton resigned
director
2019-11-03
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OWLER, Anthony Mckenzie appointed
director
2019-11-03
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ROBERTS, Paul Edgar James appointed
director
2014-11-02
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SWEET, John Nabil appointed
director
2014-11-02
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JAYES, Barry Walter resigned
director
2014-03-02
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GENCARELLI, Frederic resigned
director
2012-11-03
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GENCARELLI, Frederic appointed
director
2012-11-03
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GODFREY, Paul resigned
director
2012-11-03
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SMITH, Roy Patrick resigned
director
2010-06-30
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GENCARELLI, Frederic resigned
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2010-05-07
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JOHNSON, Nicholas resigned
director
2009-11-08
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REYNOLDS, John appointed
director
2009-11-08
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HUESTON, David Alexander appointed
director
2009-11-08
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SWEET, John Nabil resigned
director
2008-01-20
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SWEET, John Nabil appointed
director
2007-11-04
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HOLLAND, Milton appointed
director
2007-11-04
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MCATASNEY, Niall Patrick resigned
director
2006-11-05
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GUARD, Martin John resigned
director

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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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter Christopher Whitehouse Individual · British · DOB 02/1947 · age 79	—	—	board controlsig. influenceboard control · significant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Peter Christopher Whitehouse Individual · British · DOB 02/1947 · age 79	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1990-07-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Bloomfield Close

Wombourne

Wolverhampton

WV5 8HQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-26

Last: 2025-07-12