BRAKEPARTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
05698740 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-06
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
51 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£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-03-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-02-04
    ➕
    BOWEN, Jill Pamela appointed
    director
  4. 2026-02-04
    ➖
    COLLEY, Anne resigned
    director
  5. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-31
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2022-05-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-05-15
    ➖
    COLLEY, Raymond Douglas resigned
    secretary
  12. 2022-05-15
    ➖
    COLLEY, Raymond Douglas resigned
    director
  13. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-02-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  16. 2020-02-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  17. 2020-02-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2019-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  21. 2010-10-12
    ➕
    BOWEN, Richard appointed
    director
  22. 2006-02-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRAKEPARTS LTD
  23. 2006-02-06
    ➕
    COLLEY, Raymond Douglas appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-02-06
    ➕
    COLLEY, Anne appointed
    director
  25. 2006-02-06
    ➕
    COLLEY, Raymond Douglas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Brakes International Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Brakes International Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BRAKEPARTS LTD
This company · 05698740

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Brakes International Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares11/11/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Teilo Christopher Colleyceased 11/11/2019· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2006-02-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

12 Moore Street
Rochdale
Lancashire
OL16 1QN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BOWEN, Jill Pamela→
director · ~66y · appointed 2026-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOWEN, Richard→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-10-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLEY, Raymond Douglas→
secretary · appointed 2006-02-06 · resigned 2022-05-15
Resigned
COLLEY, Anne→
director · ~85y · appointed 2006-02-06 · resigned 2026-02-04
Resigned
COLLEY, Raymond Douglas→
director · ~96y · appointed 2006-02-06 · resigned 2022-05-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-05-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22