B D MOTORS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04313681 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-30
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 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
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 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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).

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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2025-10-30
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    DANIEL, Sharon resigned
    secretary
  3. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2019-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-11-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-11-24
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2012-08-16
    ➖
    DANIEL, Linda Jean resigned
    secretary
  18. 2012-08-16
    ➕
    DANIEL, Sharon appointed
    secretary
  19. 2012-08-16
    ➖
    DANIEL, Linda Jean resigned
    director
  20. 2001-10-30
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    Company incorporated
    As B D MOTORS LIMITED
  21. 2001-10-30
    ➕
    DANIEL, Brian Frederick appointed
    director
  22. 2001-10-30
    ➕
    DANIEL, Linda Jean appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-10-30
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-10-30
    ➖
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-10-30
    ➕
    DANIEL, Linda Jean appointed
    director
  26. 2001-10-30
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2001-10-30
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian Frederick Daniel
Individual · British · DOB 07/1953 · age 73
50–75%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Simon Daniel
Individual · British · DOB 11/1978 · age 48
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-10-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

2 Silverleigh Cottages Talaton
Exeter
Devon
EX5 2RB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

DANIEL, Brian Frederick→
director · ~73y · appointed 2001-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DANIEL, Linda Jean→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-30 · resigned 2012-08-16
Resigned
DANIEL, Sharon→
secretary · appointed 2012-08-16 · resigned 2025-10-30
Resigned
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-30 · resigned 2001-10-30
Resigned
DANIEL, Linda Jean→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-10-30 · resigned 2012-08-16
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-30 · resigned 2001-10-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-11-07