BENN MOTORS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04548070 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-30
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 16.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45190
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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
1 live charge · oldest 16.4y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
65 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 accountsCash
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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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 500 | 400 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-09-15📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-06-12📄second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP04AP01
- 2025-05-08📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2025-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-18📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2015-01-01➕BENN, Andrew John appointeddirector
- 2015-01-01➕BENN, Margaret appointeddirector
- 2010-01-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2002-10-01➖HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-10-01➖HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-09-30🏢Company incorporatedAs BENN MOTORS LIMITED
- 2002-09-30➕BENN, Margaret appointedsecretary
- 2002-09-30➕BENN, Paul Martin appointeddirector
- 2002-09-30➕HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-09-30➕HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BENN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew John Benn Individual · British · DOB 08/1985 · age 41 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 31/08/2025 |
Mr Paul Martin Benn Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Margaret Benn Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66 | 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.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-09-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190
Registered office
Milburn House 3 Oxford Street
Workington
Cumbria
CA14 2AL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
BENN, Andrew John→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2015-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BENN, Margaret→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2015-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BENN, Paul Martin→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2002-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-30 · resigned 2002-10-01
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-30 · resigned 2002-10-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 13/01/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (65 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-23
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-09-15
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2025-06-12
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-21