BAKEWELL MOT CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05101378 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-14
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
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£66.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33170
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (4 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £66,720

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£67k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£88k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£18k£35k£53k£70k£88kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£66.7k£66.4k
Current assets£87.8k£74.4k
Net assets£66.7k£66.4k

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

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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-09-21
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    MARSHALL, Sean Ian appointed
    director
  17. 2007-03-21
    ➕
    MARSHALL, Joyce appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-03-21
    ➖
    LEE, David Frederick resigned
    secretary
  19. 2004-05-11
    ➕
    MARSHALL, Joyce appointed
    director
  20. 2004-05-11
    ➕
    MARSHALL, Ronald Ian appointed
    director
  21. 2004-05-11
    ➕
    LEE, David Frederick appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-05-11
    ➖
    AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-05-11
    ➖
    BUYVIEW LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2004-04-14
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    Company incorporated
    As BAKEWELL MOT CENTRE LIMITED
  25. 2004-04-14
    ➕
    AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-04-14
    ➕
    BUYVIEW LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Joyce Marshall
Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/06/2024
Mr Ronald Ian Marshall
Individual · British · DOB 05/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control07/04/2017

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
Incorporated2004-04-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170

Registered office

6 Old Road
Whaley Bridge
High Peak
Derbyshire
SK23 7HR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

MARSHALL, Joyce→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-21
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Active
MARSHALL, Joyce→
director · ~74y · appointed 2004-05-11
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Active
MARSHALL, Ronald Ian→
director · ~78y · appointed 2004-05-11
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Active
MARSHALL, Sean Ian→
director · ~53y · appointed 2015-09-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEE, David Frederick→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-11 · resigned 2007-03-21
Resigned
AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-14 · resigned 2004-05-11
Resigned
BUYVIEW LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-14 · resigned 2004-05-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-28