BASKEYFIELD MOTORS LIMITED

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04094579 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-23
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.6y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
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
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees700-700

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-06-05
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-27
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-11-05
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2021-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-07-23
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-03
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-29
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-18
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  16. 2010-04-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2002-11-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2000-10-23
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    Company incorporated
    As BASKEYFIELD MOTORS LIMITED
  19. 2000-10-23
    ➕
    BASKEYFIELD, Susan appointed
    secretary
  20. 2000-10-23
    ➕
    BASKEYFIELD, Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2000-10-23
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2000-10-23
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-10-23
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2000-10-23
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR 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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BASKEYFIELD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Baskeyfield
Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
50–75%
—board control50-75% shares · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Baskeyfield
Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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7 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
Incorporated2000-10-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

98 Lancaster Road
Newcastle Under Lyme
Staffordshire
ST5 1DS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-06
Last: 2025-10-23

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BASKEYFIELD, Susan→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-23
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Active
BASKEYFIELD, Michael→
director · ~61y · appointed 2000-10-23
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Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-10-23 · resigned 2000-10-23
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-10-23 · resigned 2000-10-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property26/11/200212/04/2010

Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-05
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-01