ADVANCED MOTOTEC LTD

🌳Matureactive

05650557 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-09

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

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 with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	5	500

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

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-05-13
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-19
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-18
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accounts · AA
2025-12-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-18
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accounts · AA
2023-09-07
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2022-07-04
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2021-11-22
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accounts · AA
2020-09-23
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accounts · AA
2019-07-12
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accounts · AA
2018-07-24
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accounts · AA
2017-07-21
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accounts · AA
2016-06-16
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2016-01-04
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2005-12-13
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DODD, Lisa Jane appointed
secretary
2005-12-13
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CAREY, Michael Dennis appointed
director
2005-12-13
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DODD, Lisa Jane appointed
director
2005-12-13
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CAXTON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2005-12-13
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CAXTON DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2005-12-09
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Company incorporated
As ADVANCED MOTOTEC LTD
2005-12-09
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CAXTON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-12-09
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CAXTON DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 81 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Dennis Carey Individual · British · DOB 06/1945 · age 81	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	16/01/2026
Lisa Jane Dodd Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Michael Dennis Careyceased 16/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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247 AUTOCENTRE LTD→ 16732757 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
57 TYRES (BRIDGEND) LIMITED→ 11099910 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—
A J AUTO REPAIRS LIMITED→ 06823471 · est 2009 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	17y	—	—
A&A MOT LIMITED→ 16782666 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ABERGAVENNY MOT CENTRE LIMITED→ 05793805 · est 2006 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	—	—
AC AUTO REPAIRS LTD→ 11707846 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
ACE MOBILE TYRES LTD→ 13827143 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
ACE OF SPRAYS CARDIFF LTD→ 16271598 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ADAM DAVIES CAR SALES LIMITED→ 13572112 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
ADE MOBILE TYRES LTD→ 16313171 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ADH MOTORS LTD→ 13115478 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
AFFORDABLE CARS (SOUTH WALES) LIMITED→ 05561584 · est 2005 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	20y	—	—

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-12-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Starks Yard Commercial Street

Pontllanfraith

Blackwood

Gwent

NP12 2JG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-23

Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DODD, Lisa Jane→

secretary · appointed 2005-12-13

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Active

CAREY, Michael Dennis→

director · ~81y · appointed 2005-12-13

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Active

DODD, Lisa Jane→

director · ~56y · appointed 2005-12-13

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Active

CAXTON SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-12-09 · resigned 2005-12-13

Resigned

CAXTON DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2005-12-09 · resigned 2005-12-13

Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-05-13

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-01-19

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-01-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-12-18