B M HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03308610 · ltd · incorporated 1997-01-28
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£477.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -37% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.7y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £477,740
Net assets shrinking
Down £40,740 YoY
Cash YoY
-37%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£360k
↓ 37% YoY
Net Worth
£478k
↓ 7.9% YoY
Current Assets
£2.8m
↑ 8.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£567k£1.1m£1.7m£2.3m£2.8mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£479.3k£529.8k
Current assets£2.84M£2.61M
Cash£359.5k£568.2k
Debtors£240.8k£323.4k
Net assets£477.7k£518.5k

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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  8. 2024-01-30
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  9. 2023-12-27
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  10. 2022-12-29
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  11. 2022-02-24
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  12. 2022-02-24
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  13. 2022-02-24
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  14. 2021-12-16
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  15. 2021-10-01
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  16. 2021-04-12
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    DEELEY, Paul Anthony resigned
    director
  17. 2021-03-05
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  18. 2019-12-17
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  19. 2015-11-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  20. 2014-06-14
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    BAILEY, Derek Ian appointed
    director
  21. 2014-05-14
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    DEELEY, Paul Anthony appointed
    director
  22. 2001-10-17
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    ORI, John Attica Gerard resigned
    director
  23. 1997-01-28
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    Company incorporated
    As B M HOLDINGS LIMITED
  24. 1997-01-28
    ➕
    ORI, Gerard Attila appointed
    secretary
  25. 1997-01-28
    ➕
    ORI, Gerard Attila appointed
    director
  26. 1997-01-28
    ➕
    ORI, Michael John appointed
    director
  27. 1997-01-28
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1997-01-28
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1997-01-28
    ➕
    ORI, John Attica Gerard appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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
Mr Michael John Ori
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/01/2017
Mr Gerard Attila Ori
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/01/2017

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
Incorporated1997-01-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

30-34 North Street North Street
Hailsham
East Sussex
BN27 1DW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

ORI, Gerard Attila→
secretary · appointed 1997-01-28
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Active
BAILEY, Derek Ian→
director · ~51y · appointed 2014-06-14
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Active
ORI, Gerard Attila→
director · ~66y · appointed 1997-01-28
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Active
ORI, Michael John→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-01-28 · resigned 1997-01-28
Resigned
DEELEY, Paul Anthony→
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-05-14 · resigned 2021-04-12
Resigned
ORI, John Attica Gerard→
director · ~90y · appointed 1997-01-28 · resigned 2001-10-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property02/11/2015—
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Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-28
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-01-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-24