A J DEDMAN GARAGE SERVICE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04819065 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-03

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 18.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£713.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.3y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 18.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· 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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

73 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £713,406

Cash YoY

+13%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£549k

↑ 13% YoY

Net Worth

£713k

↑ 7.9% YoY

Current Assets

£580k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£713.5k	£661.7k
Current assets	£580.5k	£518.2k
Cash	£549.0k	£486.1k
Debtors	£29.7k	£30.0k
Net assets	£713.4k	£661.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-05-07
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2020-05-22
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2020-01-24
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2020-01-23
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PRITCHARD, Mark appointed
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2019-07-05
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2019-05-17
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2018-04-23
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2017-03-16
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DEDMAN, Rosalind appointed
secretary
2017-03-16
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DEDMAN, Margaret Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2016-02-22
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2016-01-20
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2010-07-12
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Elizabeth Grace Lester
2008-02-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Elizabeth Grace Lester
2003-07-03
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Company incorporated
As A J DEDMAN GARAGE SERVICE LIMITED
2003-07-03
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DEDMAN, Anthony John appointed
director
2003-07-03
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DEDMAN, Margaret Elizabeth appointed
director
2003-07-03
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DEDMAN, Mark Richard appointed
director
2003-07-03
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DEDMAN, Nigel John appointed
director
2003-07-03
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DEDMAN, Margaret Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2003-07-03
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
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2003-07-03
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
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2003-07-03
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
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2003-07-03
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

88/100

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DEDMAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Nigel John Dedman Individual · British · DOB 11/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/07/2016
Mr Mark Richard Dedman Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2003-07-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Ashdene

Thorley Street

Bishop's Stortford

Hertfordshire

CM23 4AP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-17

Last: 2025-07-03