BRERETON MOTOR CO LTD

🌳Matureactive
04699409 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-17
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 22.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 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 22.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.0 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 (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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,842
Net assets shrinking
Down £11,210 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£4k
↓ 74% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 64% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£5k£11k£16k£21k£27kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£16.7k£37.8k
Current assets£9.6k£26.8k
Net assets£3.8k£15.1k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-18
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2023-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-09
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    SQUIRE, Susan Jane appointed
    director
  16. 2015-11-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2004-07-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2003-03-17
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    Company incorporated
    As BRERETON MOTOR CO LTD
  19. 2003-03-17
    ➕
    SQUIRE, Susan Jane appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-03-17
    ➕
    SPALL, Roy appointed
    director
  21. 2003-03-17
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-03-17
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roy Spall
Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2003-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

107 Cleethorpe Road
Grimsby
North East Lincolnshire
DN31 3ER
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

SQUIRE, Susan Jane→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-17
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Active
SPALL, Roy→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-03-17
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Active
SQUIRE, Susan Jane→
director · ~62y · appointed 2015-11-09
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-17 · resigned 2003-03-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property06/07/2004—
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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-31