BEN SINGER MACHINERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05910658 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-18
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-08-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-09
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-22
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-02-09
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    accounts · AA01
  12. 2017-09-19
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-05-09
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    address · AD01
  14. 2016-06-28
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-09-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-08-18
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    SINGER, Donna appointed
    director
  17. 2013-08-18
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    SINGER, Marion Joy resigned
    secretary
  18. 2013-08-18
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    SINGER, Marion Joy resigned
    director
  19. 2006-08-18
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    Company incorporated
    As BEN SINGER MACHINERY LIMITED
  20. 2006-08-18
    ➕
    SINGER, Benjamin Robert appointed
    director
  21. 2006-08-18
    ➕
    SINGER, Marion Joy appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-08-18
    ➕
    SINGER, Marion Joy appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SINGER" — 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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • 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

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
Benjamin Robert Singer
Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Donna Singer
Individual · British · DOB 02/1975 · age 51
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
Incorporated2006-08-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

Woolley Grange Farm
Woolley Green
Bradford On Avon
BA15 1TY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SINGER, Benjamin Robert→
director · ~54y · appointed 2006-08-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SINGER, Donna→
director · ~51y · appointed 2013-08-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SINGER, Marion Joy→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-18 · resigned 2013-08-18
Resigned
SINGER, Marion Joy→
director · ~79y · appointed 2006-08-18 · resigned 2013-08-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-09