BAYFORD MOTORS WINCANTON LTD

🌳Matureactive
04165158 · ltd · incorporated 2001-02-21
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£98.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 25.4y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.4 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 (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £98,048
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,438 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£98k
↓ 2.4% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↑ 233% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£20k£40k£60k£80k£100kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£98.0k£100.5k
Current assets£3.9k£1.2k
Net assets£98.0k£100.5k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-09-10
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  3. 2023-06-27
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  4. 2023-02-01
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  5. 2022-07-27
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  6. 2021-07-22
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  7. 2020-07-28
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  8. 2019-08-06
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  9. 2018-09-06
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  10. 2017-10-24
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  11. 2016-09-22
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  12. 2016-02-26
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  13. 2015-11-18
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  14. 2015-03-09
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  15. 2002-12-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  16. 2001-03-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  17. 2001-02-21
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    Company incorporated
    As BAYFORD MOTORS WINCANTON LTD
  18. 2001-02-21
    ➕
    LIGHT, Louise Samantha appointed
    secretary
  19. 2001-02-21
    ➕
    LIGHT, David William appointed
    director
  20. 2001-02-21
    ➕
    LIGHT, Louise Samantha appointed
    director
  21. 2001-02-21
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-02-21
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 25 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 David William Light
Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
Mrs Louise Samantha Light
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2001-02-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

32 The Square
Gillingham
Dorset
SP8 4AR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

LIGHT, Louise Samantha→
secretary · appointed 2001-02-21
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Active
LIGHT, David William→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-02-21
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Active
LIGHT, Louise Samantha→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-02-21
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-02-21 · resigned 2001-02-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property20/12/2002—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property05/03/2001—
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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
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accounts · AA
2025-07-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-04