B P GARAGE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03315436 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-10

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). 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

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

74 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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

—

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	2	200

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-11-10
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2024-12-11
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2023-11-27
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2022-11-25
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2021-11-02
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2020-11-09
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2019-10-31
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accounts · AA
2019-10-14
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officers · AP01
2019-10-03
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PEPE, Gillian Margaret appointed
director
2019-02-12
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2019-02-12
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2018-11-19
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accounts · AA
2018-01-12
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accounts · AA
2017-02-20
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2016-02-19
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2016-02-10
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2015-10-12
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INGLEBY, Michael resigned
director
2014-12-09
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RICHARDSON, Sarah Louise appointed
director
2013-10-30
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WARD, Paul Stephen appointed
director
2013-08-09
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PEPE, Martin resigned
secretary
2013-08-09
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PEPE, Martin resigned
director
2007-08-01
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SHACKLETON, Alan resigned
director
1997-02-10
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Company incorporated
As B P GARAGE SERVICES LIMITED
1997-02-10
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PEPE, Martin appointed
secretary
1997-02-10
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-02-10
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-02-10
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INGLEBY, Michael appointed
director
1997-02-10
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PEPE, Martin appointed
director
1997-02-10
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SHACKLETON, Alan appointed
director

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

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
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.)

Group structure

Swale Scaffolding Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Swale Scaffolding Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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B P GARAGE SERVICES LIMITED

This company · 03315436

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Swale Scaffolding Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/02/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Gillian Margaret Pepeceased 01/02/2019· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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

Incorporated1997-02-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Gatherley Road Industrial Estate

Brompton On Swale

Richmond

North Yorkshire

DL10 7JQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-24

Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

PEPE, Gillian Margaret→

director · ~66y · appointed 2019-10-03

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Active

RICHARDSON, Sarah Louise→

director · ~57y · appointed 2014-12-09

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Active

WARD, Paul Stephen→

director · ~52y · appointed 2013-10-30

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PEPE, Martin→

secretary · appointed 1997-02-10 · resigned 2013-08-09

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-02-10 · resigned 1997-02-10

Resigned

INGLEBY, Michael→

director · ~71y · appointed 1997-02-10 · resigned 2015-10-12

Resigned

PEPE, Martin→

director · ~70y · appointed 1997-02-10 · resigned 2013-08-09

Resigned

SHACKLETON, Alan→

director · ~74y · appointed 1997-02-10 · resigned 2007-08-01

Resigned

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