ALPHETON GARAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04036503 · ltd · incorporated 2000-07-19
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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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 2 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees3300

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
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Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-24
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2019-04-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-04-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-04
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2017-07-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2017-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-04-01
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    HAYTON, Andrew James appointed
    director
  18. 2007-04-23
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    HAYTON, Andrew appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-04-23
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    KING, Paul Robert resigned
    secretary
  20. 2004-08-04
    ➕
    KING, Paul Robert appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-08-04
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    NICHOLS, Daniel Stephen resigned
    secretary
  22. 2004-07-08
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    NICHOLS, Daniel Stephen appointed
    secretary
  23. 2004-07-08
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    THOMPSON, Leonard resigned
    secretary
  24. 2002-09-16
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    HODGSON, Victor resigned
    secretary
  25. 2002-09-16
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    THOMPSON, Leonard appointed
    secretary
  26. 2001-07-04
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    HODGSON, Susan Doris appointed
    director
  27. 2001-07-04
    ➕
    HODGSON, Victor appointed
    secretary
  28. 2001-07-04
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2001-07-04
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2000-07-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPHETON GARAGE LIMITED
  31. 2000-07-19
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2000-07-19
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

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 71 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Susan Doris Hodgson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-07-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

Unit 27 Barleylands
Barleylands Road
Billericay
Essex
CM11 2UD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-02
Last: 2025-07-19

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

HAYTON, Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAYTON, Andrew James→
director · ~41y · appointed 2014-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HODGSON, Susan Doris→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HODGSON, Victor→
secretary · appointed 2001-07-04 · resigned 2002-09-16
Resigned
KING, Paul Robert→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-04 · resigned 2007-04-23
Resigned
NICHOLS, Daniel Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-08 · resigned 2004-08-04
Resigned
THOMPSON, Leonard→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-16 · resigned 2004-07-08
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-07-19 · resigned 2001-07-04
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-07-19 · resigned 2001-07-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-13