BRAISWICK TYRES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04241114 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-26
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45310
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). 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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
89 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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees111000

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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-04
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2022-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-29
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    CHAPPELL, Matthew resigned
    director
  13. 2018-06-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2018-04-26
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2018-03-27
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2017-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-07-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2004-09-29
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    CHAPPELL, Pamela appointed
    director
  19. 2003-12-01
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    CHAPPELL, Adam appointed
    director
  20. 2003-12-01
    ➕
    CHAPPELL, Matthew appointed
    director
  21. 2001-06-26
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    Company incorporated
    As BRAISWICK TYRES LIMITED
  22. 2001-06-26
    ➕
    CHAPPELL, Pamela appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-06-26
    ➕
    CHAPPELL, Phillip appointed
    director
  24. 2001-06-26
    ➕
    HARVEY, Rosemary Ann appointed
    secretary
  25. 2001-06-26
    ➖
    HARVEY, Rosemary Ann resigned
    secretary
  26. 2001-06-26
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    HARVEY, David John appointed
    director
  27. 2001-06-26
    ➖
    HARVEY, David John resigned
    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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
Phillip Chappell
Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/07/2017
Pamela Chappell
Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/06/2016

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
Incorporated2001-06-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45310 — SIC 45310

Registered office

47 Butt Road
Colchester
Essex
CO3 3BZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-18
Last: 2025-11-04

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

CHAPPELL, Pamela→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAPPELL, Adam→
director · ~42y · appointed 2003-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAPPELL, Pamela→
director · ~66y · appointed 2004-09-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAPPELL, Phillip→
director · ~67y · appointed 2001-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARVEY, Rosemary Ann→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-26 · resigned 2001-06-26
Resigned
CHAPPELL, Matthew→
director · ~44y · appointed 2003-12-01 · resigned 2018-06-29
Resigned
HARVEY, David John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-06-26 · resigned 2001-06-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (89 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-19