B. & C. CAR PARTS LIMITED

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02626676 · ltd · incorporated 1991-07-04
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£397.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 33.4y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 33.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
89 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £397,369
Net assets shrinking
Down £14,333 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£371k
Net Worth
£397k
↓ 3.5% YoY
Current Assets
£465k
↓ 5.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£98k£197k£295k£393k£492kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£397.4k£411.7k
Current assets£464.7k£491.7k
Cash£370.9k—
Debtors£18.9k—
Net assets£397.4k£411.7k

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

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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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-26
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-06-26
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  4. 2025-06-26
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  5. 2025-06-26
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    capital · SH08
  6. 2025-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2011-08-25
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    Charge satisfied #2
  16. 2005-11-17
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 1999-10-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
  18. 1993-03-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
  19. 1991-07-04
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    Company incorporated
    As B. & C. CAR PARTS LIMITED
  20. 1991-07-04
    ➕
    SHARP, Gail Andrea appointed
    secretary
  21. 1991-07-04
    ➕
    SHARP, Christopher Philip appointed
    director
  22. 1991-07-04
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1991-07-04
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1991-07-04
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1991-07-04
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1991-07-04
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1991-07-04
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Gail Andrea Sharp
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Christopher Philip Sharp
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1991-07-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

27 Buckstone Grove
Alwoodley
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS17 5HN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-18
Last: 2026-07-04

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

SHARP, Gail Andrea→
secretary · appointed 1991-07-04
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Active
SHARP, Christopher Philip→
director · ~66y · appointed 1991-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-07-04 · resigned 1991-07-04
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-07-04 · resigned 1991-07-04
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-07-04 · resigned 1991-07-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Yorkshire Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property13/10/199925/08/2011
satisfied
Virgin Money
Yorkshire Bank PLC
Debenture1 property07/03/199317/11/2005

Recent filings (89 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-06-26
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-06-26
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-06-26
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-04