BROWNSHORE MOTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04660491 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-10
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
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
  • 45320Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees7700

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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    CLUTTON, Kyle Luke appointed
    director
  2. 2026-04-21
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  3. 2025-09-08
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  4. 2024-09-19
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  5. 2023-09-21
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  6. 2022-06-22
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  7. 2021-10-19
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  8. 2020-09-29
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  9. 2020-08-19
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  10. 2019-10-02
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  11. 2019-06-19
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    JACOBS-CLUTTON, Dawn resigned
    secretary
  12. 2019-06-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  13. 2019-06-19
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  14. 2019-06-19
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  15. 2018-09-18
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  16. 2017-12-04
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  17. 2017-09-27
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  18. 2016-09-23
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    CLUTTON, Sarah Louise appointed
    director
  19. 2003-02-14
    ➕
    CLUTTON, Darren Brett appointed
    director
  20. 2003-02-10
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    Company incorporated
    As BROWNSHORE MOTORS LIMITED
  21. 2003-02-10
    ➕
    CLUTTON, John Warren appointed
    director
  22. 2003-02-10
    ➕
    JACOBS-CLUTTON, Dawn appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CLUTTON, Kyle Luke (same surname) appointed 2026-04-21. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Warren Clutton
Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2003-02-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Unit E2 Ezekiel Lane
Shortheath
Willenhall
West Midlands
WV12 5QU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

CLUTTON, Darren Brett→
director · ~51y · appointed 2003-02-14
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Active
CLUTTON, John Warren→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-02-10
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Active
CLUTTON, Kyle Luke→
director · ~25y · appointed 2026-04-21
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Active
CLUTTON, Sarah Louise→
director · ~52y · appointed 2016-09-23
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Active
JACOBS-CLUTTON, Dawn→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-10 · resigned 2019-06-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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officers · AP01
2026-04-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
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2025-09-08
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2025-02-21
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2024-09-19
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2024-02-21
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2023-09-21
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2023-02-23
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2022-06-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
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accounts · AA
2021-10-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-14
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accounts · AA
2020-09-29
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officers · CH01
2020-08-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-27