BOXTREE MOTORS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05609263 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-01
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 19.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 19.8y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1600 | 1600 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-10📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-11-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-15📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-02-15🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2021-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-12-20🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2010-06-01➕BREARLEY, Helen appointeddirector
- 2006-10-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2005-11-01🏢Company incorporatedAs BOXTREE MOTORS LIMITED
- 2005-11-01➕BREARLEY, Helen Christianne appointedsecretary
- 2005-11-01➕BREARLEY, John Paul appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Paul Brearley Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Helen Brearley Individual · British · DOB 09/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-11-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112
Registered office
Manor House, 35 St. Thomas's
Road, Chorley
Lancashire
PR7 1HP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BREARLEY, Helen Christianne→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-11-01
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BREARLEY, Helen→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2010-06-01
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BREARLEY, John Paul→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2005-11-01
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/12/2017 | 15/02/2023 | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 05/10/2006 | — |
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Recent filings (57 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-11
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-11-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-15
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-05