BRADLEY LANE MOT CENTRE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05902198 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-10
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£7.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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, 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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 · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £7,054
Net assets shrinking
Down £29,176 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£7k
↓ 81% YoY
Current Assets
£48k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £14.4k | £53.7k |
| Current assets | £48.2k | £62.3k |
| Net assets | £7.1k | £36.2k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-03-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-02-09➕KNIGHT, Bradley John appointeddirector
- 2022-11-09📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-11-09📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-11-08📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-09-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-08-31➖HENDERSON-KNIGHT, Melissa Jane resigneddirector
- 2019-08-31➖KNIGHT, Andrew Peter resigneddirector
- 2019-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2013-01-02➕HENDERSON-KNIGHT, Melissa Jane appointeddirector
- 2013-01-02➕KNIGHT, Andrew Peter appointeddirector
- 2008-09-19➖DAWES, Ashley Graham resignedsecretary
- 2006-08-10🏢Company incorporatedAs BRADLEY LANE MOT CENTRE LIMITED
- 2006-08-10➕KNIGHT, Michael John appointeddirector
- 2006-08-10➕DAWES, Ashley Graham appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
39/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — KNIGHT, Bradley John (same surname) appointed 2023-02-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 20 years.
- 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Bradley John Knight Individual · British · DOB 05/1994 · age 32 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 09/11/2022 |
Mr Michael John Knight Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 10/08/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-08-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
One
Courtenay Park
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ12 2HD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-24
Last: 2025-08-10
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
KNIGHT, Bradley John→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2023-02-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KNIGHT, Michael John→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2006-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAWES, Ashley Graham→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-08-10 · resigned 2008-09-19
HENDERSON-KNIGHT, Melissa Jane→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2013-01-02 · resigned 2019-08-31
KNIGHT, Andrew Peter→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2013-01-02 · resigned 2019-08-31
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Recent filings (62 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-03-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-15
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-11-09
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-11-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-25