BROADSTONE CARS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03396982 · ltd · incorporated 1997-06-27

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

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45112

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

73 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	4	400

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-02-13
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2025-01-24
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2024-03-22
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2023-03-23
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2022-03-25
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2021-03-31
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2020-03-30
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2019-02-05
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2018-03-02
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accounts · AA
2017-07-04
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officers · CH01
2017-07-04
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officers · CH03
2017-07-04
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2017-07-04
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2017-03-28
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2016-12-14
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address · AD01
1997-06-28
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HARGREAVES, Sheila Ann appointed
secretary
1997-06-28
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HARGREAVES, Anthony Deane appointed
director
1997-06-27
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Company incorporated
As BROADSTONE CARS LIMITED
1997-06-27
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-06-27
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-06-27
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-06-27
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INSTANT COMPANIES 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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Sheila Ann Hargreaves Individual · British · DOB 04/1943 · age 83	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Anthony Deane Hargreaves Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	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

Incorporated1997-06-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Beech House

Munslow

Craven Arms

Shropshire

SY7 9ET

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-11

Last: 2026-06-27

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HARGREAVES, Sheila Ann→

secretary · appointed 1997-06-28

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Active

HARGREAVES, Anthony Deane→

director · ~77y · appointed 1997-06-28

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Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-06-27 · resigned 1997-06-27

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-06-27 · resigned 1997-06-27

Resigned

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