ARGO VEHICLES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03705694 · ltd · incorporated 1999-02-01

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

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 16.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45190

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

45310SIC 45310

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.9y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 16.9 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: 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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

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	0	300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-01-13
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officers · TM01
2025-12-30
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BROOKS, Alan Murfin resigned
director
2025-09-02
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officers · CH01
2025-08-15
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accounts · AA
2024-07-30
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2023-08-16
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2022-08-18
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accounts · AA
2021-08-16
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accounts · AA
2020-11-04
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2019-08-02
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accounts · AA
2018-10-26
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accounts · AA
2018-10-25
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officers · AP01
2018-10-25
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officers · AP03
2018-10-25
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officers · TM01
2018-10-25
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officers · TM02
2018-10-18
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SACHAN, Kera appointed
secretary
2018-10-18
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SACHAN, Kera appointed
director
2018-10-18
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BROOKS, Susan Beryl resigned
secretary
2018-10-18
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BROOKS, Susan Beryl resigned
director
2017-10-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2013-12-31
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BROOKS, Alan Murfin resigned
secretary
2009-07-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2009-05-21
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BROOKS, Susan Beryl appointed
secretary
1999-02-01
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Company incorporated
As ARGO VEHICLES LIMITED
1999-02-01
➕
BROOKS, Alastair Stephen Murfin appointed
director
1999-02-01
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BROOKS, Alan Murfin appointed
secretary
1999-02-01
➕
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-02-01
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-02-01
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BROOKS, Alan Murfin appointed
director
1999-02-01
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BROOKS, Susan Beryl appointed
director
1999-02-01
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1999-02-01
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alastair Stephen Murfin Brooks Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	31/12/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-02-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190

Registered office

Argo Vehicles Ltd

Lyon Way

St. Albans

Hertfordshire

AL4 0LQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-14

Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

SACHAN, Kera→

secretary · appointed 2018-10-18

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BROOKS, Alastair Stephen Murfin→

director · ~55y · appointed 1999-02-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SACHAN, Kera→

director · ~40y · appointed 2018-10-18

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BROOKS, Alan Murfin→

secretary · appointed 1999-02-01 · resigned 2013-12-31

Resigned

BROOKS, Susan Beryl→

secretary · appointed 2009-05-21 · resigned 2018-10-18

Resigned

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-02-01 · resigned 1999-02-01

Resigned

BROOKS, Alan Murfin→

director · ~81y · appointed 1999-02-01 · resigned 2025-12-30

Resigned

BROOKS, Susan Beryl→

director · ~81y · appointed 1999-02-01 · resigned 2018-10-18

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-02-01 · resigned 1999-02-01

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	31/07/2009	—

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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-13

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-01-13

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-09-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-08-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-08-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-08-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-08-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-01-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-11-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-01-13