BULFORD GARAGE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04951136 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-03
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.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
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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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.7y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
70 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 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£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Average employees6600

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-09
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    PROUSE, Stuart Andrew resigned
    director
  3. 2026-03-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-11-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-07-01
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    PROUSE, Stuart Andrew appointed
    director
  8. 2024-07-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-18
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    WINTER, James Roger Charles resigned
    director
  13. 2021-11-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-08-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2020-08-10
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    WINTER, James Roger Charles appointed
    director
  17. 2020-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-05-24
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  20. 2019-05-24
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2018-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2016-10-28
    ➖
    JEFFERIES, Adam resigned
    director
  23. 2016-04-01
    ➕
    JEFFERIES, Adam appointed
    director
  24. 2005-06-27
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  25. 2003-12-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  26. 2003-11-03
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    Company incorporated
    As BULFORD GARAGE LIMITED
  27. 2003-11-03
    ➕
    WINTER, Lesley Ann appointed
    secretary
  28. 2003-11-03
    ➕
    WINTER, Roger Charles appointed
    director
  29. 2003-11-03
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2003-11-03
    ➖
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2003-11-03
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2003-11-03
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 Roger Charles Winter
Individual · British · DOB 04/1955 · age 71
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/06/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-11-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

22 Station Road
Wellington
Somerset
TA21 8NJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

WINTER, Lesley Ann→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WINTER, Roger Charles→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-03 · resigned 2003-11-03
Resigned
JEFFERIES, Adam→
director · ~41y · appointed 2016-04-01 · resigned 2016-10-28
Resigned
PROUSE, Stuart Andrew→
director · ~51y · appointed 2024-07-01 · resigned 2026-03-09
Resigned
WINTER, James Roger Charles→
director · ~41y · appointed 2020-08-10 · resigned 2021-11-18
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-11-03 · resigned 2003-11-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property27/06/2005—
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property05/12/200324/05/2019
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Recent filings (70 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-03