A66 TYRES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04185528 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-22
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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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees600500

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-31
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    BAYLISS, Gillian appointed
    director
  8. 2021-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2017-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  13. 2016-09-07
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-05
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-06-24
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-05-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2001-04-04
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    BAYLISS, Gillian appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-04-04
    ➕
    BAYLISS, Clifford Robert appointed
    director
  19. 2001-04-04
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  20. 2001-04-04
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  21. 2001-03-22
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    Company incorporated
    As A66 TYRES LIMITED
  22. 2001-03-22
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-03-22
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 65 — 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 65. 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Clifford Robert Bayliss
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/03/2017

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
Incorporated2001-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Enterprise House C/O Beaumont Accountancy Services
202 -206 Linthorpe Road
Middlesbrough
County
TS1 3QW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BAYLISS, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-04
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Active
BAYLISS, Clifford Robert→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-04-04
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Active
BAYLISS, Gillian→
director · ~62y · appointed 2022-03-31
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-22 · resigned 2001-04-04
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-22 · resigned 2001-04-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-22