BIRKETT MOTORSPORT (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05390113 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-11
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£72.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45400
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 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 £72,337
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£72k
Current Assets
£122k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£24k£49k£73k£98k£122kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£125.5k—
Current assets£122.1k—
Net assets£72.3k—
Average employees—0

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-07-24
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    BIRKETT, June appointed
    director
  5. 2024-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2021-08-19
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  8. 2021-03-18
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  9. 2019-12-17
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  10. 2018-10-17
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  11. 2017-09-12
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  12. 2016-11-15
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  13. 2016-04-04
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  14. 2016-01-06
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-04-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-03-11
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    Company incorporated
    As BIRKETT MOTORSPORT (UK) LIMITED
  17. 2005-03-11
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    BIRKETT, June appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-03-11
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    BIRKETT, William Nigel appointed
    director
  19. 2005-03-11
    ➕
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-03-11
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    HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
    secretary
  21. 2005-03-11
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    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  22. 2005-03-11
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    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LTD resigned
    corporate-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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BIRKETT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 72 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.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Nigel Birkett
Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control11/03/2017

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
Incorporated2005-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45400 — SIC 45400

Registered office

The Old Wood Yard
Foxfield Road
Broughton In Furness
Cumbria
LA20 6EZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-28
Last: 2026-03-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BIRKETT, June→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-11
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Active
BIRKETT, June→
director · ~60y · appointed 2024-07-24
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Active
BIRKETT, William Nigel→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-03-11
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Active
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-11 · resigned 2005-03-11
Resigned
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-03-11 · resigned 2005-03-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-11