BRAITHWAITES GARAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05699304 · 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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2026

Net worth

£2.35M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45112

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

77110Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.0y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 20.0 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: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,349,401

Cash YoY

+29%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£876k

↑ 29% YoY

Net Worth

£2.3m

↑ 13% YoY

Current Assets

£2.4m

↑ 14% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-02-28	2025-02-28
Total assets	£2.35M	£2.08M
Current assets	£2.42M	£2.12M
Cash	£876.3k	£678.8k
Debtors	£138.9k	£86.3k
Net assets	£2.35M	£2.08M

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

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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 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-23
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-05-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2016-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-07
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2006-06-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2006-02-06
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Company incorporated
As BRAITHWAITES GARAGE LIMITED
2006-02-06
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BRAITHWAITE, Gerald Hardy appointed
secretary
2006-02-06
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BRAITHWAITE, Gerald Hardy appointed
director
2006-02-06
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BRAITHWAITE, Mark Beaty appointed
director
2006-02-06
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BRAITHWAITE, Nigel Hardy appointed
director
2006-02-06
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BRAITHWAITE, Rita Majorie appointed
director
2006-02-06
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-02-06
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-02-06
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-02-06
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRAITHWAITE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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
Rita Majorie Braithwaite Individual · British · DOB 10/1942 · age 84	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Gerald Hardy Braithwaite Individual · British · DOB 12/1940 · age 86	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	21/01/2017

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

Incorporated2006-02-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Newbiggin Garage

Newbiggin

Penrith

Cumbria

CA11 0HT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-11-30

Last made up to: 2026-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-04

Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

BRAITHWAITE, Gerald Hardy→

secretary · appointed 2006-02-06

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Active

BRAITHWAITE, Gerald Hardy→

director · ~86y · appointed 2006-02-06

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Active

BRAITHWAITE, Mark Beaty→

director · ~59y · appointed 2006-02-06

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Active

BRAITHWAITE, Nigel Hardy→

director · ~56y · appointed 2006-02-06

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Active

BRAITHWAITE, Rita Majorie→

director · ~84y · appointed 2006-02-06

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Active

YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-02-06 · resigned 2006-02-06

Resigned

YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-02-06 · resigned 2006-02-06

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	20/06/2006	—

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Recent filings (55 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-05-26

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-01-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-05-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-08-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-05-26

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-27

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

officers · CH01

2022-01-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-09-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-01-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-09-10