BM MOTORING CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05814023 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-11
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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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 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
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 (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-14
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-06-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2022-06-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-06-16
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2022-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2018-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2017-11-15
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2017-02-28
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    PEEL, David Jonathan appointed
    director
  18. 2006-05-11
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    Company incorporated
    As BM MOTORING CENTRE LIMITED
  19. 2006-05-11
    ➕
    PEEL, Carol Ann appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-05-11
    ➕
    PEEL, Alan Dennis appointed
    director
  21. 2006-05-11
    ➕
    PEEL, Carol Ann appointed
    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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Dennis Peel
Individual · British · DOB 09/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Carol Ann Peel
Individual · British · DOB 01/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr David Jonathan Peel
Individual · British · DOB 08/1981 · age 45
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/06/2022

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
Incorporated2006-05-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

53-55 Broad Street
Staple Hill
Bristol
BS16 5LS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-25
Last: 2026-05-11

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

PEEL, Carol Ann→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-11
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Active
PEEL, Alan Dennis→
director · ~78y · appointed 2006-05-11
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Active
PEEL, Carol Ann→
director · ~78y · appointed 2006-05-11
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Active
PEEL, David Jonathan→
director · ~45y · appointed 2017-02-28
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Active

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-07
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-06-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-16
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-19