BELMONT MOTORS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

04487097 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-16

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

95 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-25
Average employees	4

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-03-13
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2025-12-23
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2025-09-26
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2024-12-05
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2024-09-26
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2023-12-20
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2023-09-28
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2022-12-23
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2022-09-29
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2021-09-29
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2020-12-11
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2020-06-26
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2020-06-26
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2020-06-26
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2020-06-17
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2015-10-02
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BAKER, Dean Anthony appointed
director
2012-04-13
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BARNARD, Sarah Jane appointed
director
2012-03-21
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BARNARD, Richard Benjamin resigned
secretary
2002-07-19
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BARNARD, Peter Michael appointed
director
2002-07-19
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BARNARD, Richard Benjamin appointed
secretary
2002-07-19
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FOREMOST FORMATIONS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2002-07-19
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BLACK, David resigned
nominee-director
2002-07-16
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Company incorporated
As BELMONT MOTORS LTD.
2002-07-16
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FOREMOST FORMATIONS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2002-07-16
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BLACK, David 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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
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
Mr Peter Michael Barnard Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Sarah Jane Barnard Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	25/09/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Barbara Barnardceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-07-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

92 Station Road

Clacton-On-Sea

Essex

CO15 1SG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-25

Last made up to: 2024-12-25

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-07

Last: 2026-05-24

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BAKER, Dean Anthony→

director · ~42y · appointed 2015-10-02

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BARNARD, Peter Michael→

director · ~58y · appointed 2002-07-19

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BARNARD, Sarah Jane→

director · ~60y · appointed 2012-04-13

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BARNARD, Richard Benjamin→

secretary · appointed 2002-07-19 · resigned 2012-03-21

Resigned

FOREMOST FORMATIONS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-07-16 · resigned 2002-07-19

Resigned

BLACK, David→

nominee-director · ~69y · appointed 2002-07-16 · resigned 2002-07-19

Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-13

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2025-12-23

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2025-09-26

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-12-05

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2024-09-26

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-12-20

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2023-09-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-12-23

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2022-09-29

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-12-29