DRIVETRAIN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04410894 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-08
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 18.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
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 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 · 2 lenders · oldest 18.3y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · 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, 1 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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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 employees2200

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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-07-30
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  3. 2023-08-14
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  4. 2023-01-31
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  5. 2022-01-24
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  6. 2021-04-27
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  7. 2019-10-23
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  8. 2018-11-22
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  9. 2017-08-11
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  10. 2016-08-17
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  11. 2016-05-12
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  12. 2015-09-17
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  13. 2015-05-14
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  14. 2015-02-04
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  15. 2014-05-02
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  16. 2010-05-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  17. 2008-03-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2006-03-31
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    BLAKELEY, Jayne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-03-31
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    PURCELL, Ashley Marcus Roy resigned
    secretary
  20. 2006-03-31
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    PURCELL, Ashley Marcus Roy resigned
    director
  21. 2005-06-20
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    BLAKELEY, Jayne appointed
    director
  22. 2002-04-08
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    Company incorporated
    As DRIVETRAIN LIMITED
  23. 2002-04-08
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    BLAKELEY, Barry Alan appointed
    director
  24. 2002-04-08
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    PURCELL, Ashley Marcus Roy appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-04-08
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    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-04-08
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    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-04-08
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    PURCELL, Ashley Marcus Roy appointed
    director
  28. 2002-04-08
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    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2002-04-08
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    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    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 24 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 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jayne Blakeley
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/05/2016
Mr Barry Alan Blakeley
Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/05/2016

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
Incorporated2002-04-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

17 Adlington Court
Birchwood
Warrington
Cheshire
WA3 6PL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-20
Last: 2026-04-06

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BLAKELEY, Jayne→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLAKELEY, Barry Alan→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLAKELEY, Jayne→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PURCELL, Ashley Marcus Roy→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-08 · resigned 2006-03-31
Resigned
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-08 · resigned 2002-04-08
Resigned
PURCELL, Ashley Marcus Roy→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-04-08 · resigned 2006-03-31
Resigned
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-08 · resigned 2002-04-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
Debenture1 property28/05/2010—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property19/03/2008—
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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-15