BRISTOL AUTOCARE LTD

🌳Matureactive
05720216 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-23
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£36.9k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 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
65 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £36,921
Net assets shrinking
Down £20,349 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£37k
↓ 36% YoY
Current Assets
£59k
↑ 7.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£12k£24k£36k£47k£59kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£39.5k£61.9k
Current assets£59.3k£55.1k
Net assets£36.9k£57.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2022-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-03-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-03-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-03-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-03-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2009-09-08
    ➕
    CAMBRIDGE, Karen appointed
    director
  17. 2007-12-31
    ➖
    JONES, Martin resigned
    secretary
  18. 2007-12-31
    ➖
    JONES, Martin resigned
    director
  19. 2006-08-25
    ➕
    JONES, Martin appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-08-25
    ➕
    JONES, Martin appointed
    director
  21. 2006-03-20
    ➖
    JONES, Martin resigned
    secretary
  22. 2006-03-20
    ➖
    JONES, Martin resigned
    director
  23. 2006-02-24
    ➕
    CAMBRIDGE, Vincent appointed
    director
  24. 2006-02-24
    ➕
    JONES, Martin appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-02-24
    ➕
    JONES, Martin appointed
    director
  26. 2006-02-23
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    Company incorporated
    As BRISTOL AUTOCARE LTD
  27. 2006-02-23
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2006-02-23
    ➖
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2006-02-23
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2006-02-23
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Vincent Cambridge
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Karen Cambridge
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-02-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

33 Sunnyvale Drive
Longwell Green
Bristol
BS30 9YQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

CAMBRIDGE, Karen→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAMBRIDGE, Vincent→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-02-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Martin→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-25 · resigned 2007-12-31
Resigned
JONES, Martin→
secretary · appointed 2006-02-24 · resigned 2006-03-20
Resigned
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-02-23 · resigned 2006-02-23
Resigned
JONES, Martin→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-08-25 · resigned 2007-12-31
Resigned
JONES, Martin→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-02-24 · resigned 2006-03-20
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-02-23 · resigned 2006-02-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-16