P.W. RANGER MOTORCYCLES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03227414 · ltd · incorporated 1996-07-19

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 29.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 29.7y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 29.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
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 (36 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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2024-09-27
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2023-09-28
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2022-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-08
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2021-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-09-05
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accounts · AA
2016-10-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-10-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2015-07-30
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2014-10-02
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accounts · AA
2014-07-30
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2013-08-27
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accounts · AA
2007-03-15
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BENNETT, Neil Stanley appointed
secretary
2007-03-15
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ASHURST, Ian David resigned
secretary
2006-08-28
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FOWLER, Harold Charles resigned
director
2002-10-23
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ASHURST, Ian David appointed
secretary
2002-10-23
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FOWLER, Harold Charles resigned
secretary
1997-08-01
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FOWLER, Lionel David appointed
director
1997-08-01
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FOWLER, Stephanie Lyn appointed
director
1997-08-01
➕
FOWLER, Harold Charles appointed
secretary
1997-08-01
➖
WAITE, Helen Irene resigned
secretary
1997-08-01
➕
FOWLER, Harold Charles appointed
director
1997-08-01
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POWELL, David Norman resigned
director
1997-08-01
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WAITE, Kevin resigned
director
1996-09-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1996-07-19
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Company incorporated
As P.W. RANGER MOTORCYCLES LIMITED
1996-07-19
➕
WAITE, Helen Irene appointed
secretary
1996-07-19
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-07-19
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-07-19
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POWELL, David Norman appointed
director
1996-07-19
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WAITE, Kevin appointed
director
1996-07-19
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1996-07-19
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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St James Parade (107) Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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Fowlers Of Bristol Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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P.W. RANGER MOTORCYCLES LIMITED

This company · 03227414

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
St James Parade (107) Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016
Fowlers Of Bristol Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016
Doctor Gillian Helen Johnson Individual · English · DOB 11/1948 · age 78	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Stephanie Lyn Fowler Individual · British · DOB 07/1947 · age 79	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1996-07-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

2-12 Bath Road

Bristol

BS4 3DR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-02

Last: 2025-07-19

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

BENNETT, Neil Stanley→

secretary · appointed 2007-03-15

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Active

FOWLER, Lionel David→

director · ~80y · appointed 1997-08-01

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Active

FOWLER, Stephanie Lyn→

director · ~79y · appointed 1997-08-01

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Active

ASHURST, Ian David→

secretary · appointed 2002-10-23 · resigned 2007-03-15

Resigned

FOWLER, Harold Charles→

secretary · appointed 1997-08-01 · resigned 2002-10-23

Resigned

WAITE, Helen Irene→

secretary · appointed 1996-07-19 · resigned 1997-08-01

Resigned

KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-07-19 · resigned 1996-07-19

Resigned

FOWLER, Harold Charles→

director · ~114y · appointed 1997-08-01 · resigned 2006-08-28

Resigned

POWELL, David Norman→

director · ~86y · appointed 1996-07-19 · resigned 1997-08-01

Resigned

WAITE, Kevin→

director · ~66y · appointed 1996-07-19 · resigned 1997-08-01

Resigned

KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-07-19 · resigned 1996-07-19

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Mortgage debenture	1 property	05/09/1996	—

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