ALAN QUINE (PARR LANE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05340896 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-24
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£193.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
52 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £193,454
Cash YoY
+78%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£54k
↑ 78% YoY
Net Worth
£193k
↑ 8.1% YoY
Current Assets
£421k
↑ 6.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£84k£168k£253k£337k£421kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£198.6k£186.1k
Current assets£421.2k£397.2k
Cash£54.4k£30.6k
Debtors£51.0k£51.7k
Net assets£193.5k£179.0k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2020-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2019-02-06
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  9. 2018-02-22
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  10. 2017-02-15
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  11. 2016-04-11
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  12. 2016-02-15
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  13. 2015-03-19
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-02-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2005-01-28
    ➕
    DEVANEY, Peter John appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-01-28
    ➕
    DEVANEY, Peter John appointed
    director
  18. 2005-01-28
    ➕
    WITHINGTON, Joseph Roy appointed
    director
  19. 2005-01-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ALAN QUINE (PARR LANE) LIMITED
  20. 2005-01-24
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2005-01-24
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-01-24
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2005-01-24
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
Mr Peter John Devaney
Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mr Joseph Roy Withington
Individual · British · DOB 08/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2005-01-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

Parr Lane Service Station
Parr Lane Unsworth
Bury
Lancashire
BL9 8LZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DEVANEY, Peter John→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEVANEY, Peter John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WITHINGTON, Joseph Roy→
director · ~73y · appointed 2005-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-01-24 · resigned 2005-01-24
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-01-24 · resigned 2005-01-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-02-06