BJL MOTOR SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04378772 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-21

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

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

£99.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.3y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 24.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

67 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £99,787

Net assets shrinking

Down £13,678 YoY

Cash YoY

-23%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£129k

↓ 23% YoY

Net Worth

£100k

↓ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£154k

↓ 17% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Total assets	£106.7k	£122.4k
Current assets	£154.5k	£186.6k
Cash	£128.5k	£167.1k
Debtors	£24.0k	£17.4k
Net assets	£99.8k	£113.5k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-06-09
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accounts · AA
2025-07-08
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accounts · AA
2024-10-08
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accounts · AA
2023-05-17
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accounts · AA
2022-08-09
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accounts · AA
2021-08-27
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accounts · AA
2020-09-03
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accounts · AA
2019-06-06
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mortgage · MR04
2019-06-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2019-05-17
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accounts · AA
2018-05-15
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accounts · AA
2017-07-31
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address · AD01
2017-06-12
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accounts · AA
2017-02-15
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officers · CH01
2016-06-24
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accounts · AA
2016-02-23
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annual-return · AR01
2005-10-04
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BURTON, Michael James resigned
director
2002-04-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2002-02-25
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GARNER, Barrie Victor appointed
secretary
2002-02-25
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GARNER, Barrie Victor appointed
director
2002-02-25
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PURTON, Simon Matthew appointed
director
2002-02-25
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COURTNAGE, Angela Jean resigned
nominee-secretary
2002-02-25
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BURTON, Michael James appointed
director
2002-02-25
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TAYLOR, Martyn Paul Ashley resigned
nominee-director
2002-02-21
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Company incorporated
As BJL MOTOR SERVICES LIMITED
2002-02-21
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COURTNAGE, Angela Jean appointed
nominee-secretary
2002-02-21
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TAYLOR, Martyn Paul Ashley appointed
nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Simon Matthew Purton Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Barrie Victor Garner Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2002-02-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Landgate Chambers

24 Landgate

Rye

East Sussex

TN31 7LJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-07

Last: 2026-02-21

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GARNER, Barrie Victor→

secretary · appointed 2002-02-25

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Active

GARNER, Barrie Victor→

director · ~63y · appointed 2002-02-25

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Active

PURTON, Simon Matthew→

director · ~54y · appointed 2002-02-25

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Active

COURTNAGE, Angela Jean→

nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-21 · resigned 2002-02-25

Resigned

BURTON, Michael James→

director · ~62y · appointed 2002-02-25 · resigned 2005-10-04

Resigned

TAYLOR, Martyn Paul Ashley→

nominee-director · ~71y · appointed 2002-02-21 · resigned 2002-02-25

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	11/04/2002	06/06/2019