BEAUMONTS GARAGE LTD

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04721366 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-03
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
82 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-05-06
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-30
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-03-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-01-10
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2023-04-25
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC03
  9. 2023-03-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-05-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-31
    ➖
    GSS (YORK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  14. 2020-01-31
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-01-31
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2020-01-31
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2020-01-31
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2006-08-14
    ➕
    GSS (YORK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2006-08-14
    ➖
    HALL, Helen resigned
    director
  20. 2006-03-14
    ➖
    HALL, Helen resigned
    secretary
  21. 2005-11-28
    ➕
    WOOD, Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2005-11-15
    ➖
    BEAUMONT, John resigned
    director
  23. 2003-05-01
    ➕
    HALL, Helen appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-05-01
    ➕
    HALL, Helen appointed
    director
  25. 2003-04-28
    ➕
    BEAUMONT, John appointed
    director
  26. 2003-04-07
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-04-07
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2003-04-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BEAUMONTS GARAGE LTD
  29. 2003-04-03
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2003-04-03
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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 Paul Wood
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares03/04/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Paul Woodceased 30/04/2024· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2003-04-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

5c Market Street
Malton
YO17 7LY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-12
Last: 2026-04-28

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

WOOD, Paul→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-11-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALL, Helen→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-01 · resigned 2006-03-14
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-03 · resigned 2003-04-07
Resigned
GSS (YORK) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-08-14 · resigned 2020-01-31
Resigned
BEAUMONT, John→
director · ~89y · appointed 2003-04-28 · resigned 2005-11-15
Resigned
HALL, Helen→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-05-01 · resigned 2006-08-14
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-03 · resigned 2003-04-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-01-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC03
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-30