BURWAY GARAGE LTD

🌳Matureactive
05439840 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-29
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees300300

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
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
8
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-03-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2026-03-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-03-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2026-03-24
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2026-03-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2025-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-04-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2024-04-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2024-04-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2024-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-10-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2023-09-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2023-09-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2023-09-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2023-06-27
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  18. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2023-01-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2023-01-09
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    WILDBLOOD, Joanne appointed
    director
  21. 2022-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  22. 2015-08-01
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    WILDBLOOD, John Alan appointed
    secretary
  23. 2015-08-01
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    WILDBLOOD, Sarah Lorraine resigned
    secretary
  24. 2005-04-29
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    Company incorporated
    As BURWAY GARAGE LTD
  25. 2005-04-29
    ➕
    WILDBLOOD, John Alan appointed
    director
  26. 2005-04-29
    ➕
    WILDBLOOD, Sarah Lorraine appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WILDBLOOD, Joanne (same surname) appointed 2023-01-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • 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
John Alan Wildblood
Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · trust interest06/04/2017
Mr Sean Peter Blackman
Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest11/07/2023

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
Incorporated2005-04-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Emstrey House (North)
Shrewsbury Business Park
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6LG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

WILDBLOOD, John Alan→
secretary · appointed 2015-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILDBLOOD, Joanne→
director · ~54y · appointed 2023-01-09
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Active
WILDBLOOD, John Alan→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILDBLOOD, Sarah Lorraine→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-29 · resigned 2015-08-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-24
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-16