ASHBROOK GARAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05796022 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-26
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
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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 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
48 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
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£0£34k£68k£102k£136k£170kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets—£82.1k
Current assets—£169.8k
Net assets—£82.1k
Average employees0—

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2018-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  11. 2017-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-07-01
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-05-08
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2006-04-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ASHBROOK GARAGE LIMITED
  17. 2006-04-26
    ➕
    BIDMEAD, Susan Linda appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-04-26
    ➕
    BIDMEAD, Susan Linda appointed
    director
  19. 2006-04-26
    ➕
    REESE, John appointed
    director
  20. 2006-04-26
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    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-04-26
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    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-04-26
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    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-04-26
    ➖
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 72 — 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 72 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Reese
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Ms Susan Linda Bidmead
Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-04-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Lower Panteg Pengenffordd
Talgarth
Brecon
LD3 0EP
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-10
Last: 2026-04-26

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BIDMEAD, Susan Linda→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-26
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Active
BIDMEAD, Susan Linda→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-04-26
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Active
REESE, John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-26 · resigned 2006-04-26
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-26 · resigned 2006-04-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-07