AUTO REPAIR CENTRE (NEWCASTLE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06342902 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-14
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 2025
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 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 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£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees3200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-06-27
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  3. 2024-06-28
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  4. 2023-06-29
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  5. 2023-06-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-06-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-08-15
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    SINGH, Perdeep resigned
    director
  8. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-16
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  11. 2019-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2018-06-22
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  13. 2017-06-22
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  14. 2016-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-09-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2007-08-14
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTO REPAIR CENTRE (NEWCASTLE) LIMITED
  17. 2007-08-14
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    SINGH, Priya appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-08-14
    ➕
    KAUR, Santosh appointed
    director
  19. 2007-08-14
    ➕
    SINGH, Atma appointed
    director
  20. 2007-08-14
    ➕
    JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-08-14
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    JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-08-14
    ➕
    SINGH, Perdeep appointed
    director
  23. 2007-08-14
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    JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2007-08-14
    ➖
    JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
Santosh Kaur
Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Atma Singh
Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Perdeep Singhceased 15/08/2022· 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2007-08-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit 6
Mill Lane
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE4 6QA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SINGH, Priya→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-14
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Active
KAUR, Santosh→
director · ~69y · appointed 2007-08-14
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Active
SINGH, Atma→
director · ~73y · appointed 2007-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-08-14 · resigned 2007-08-14
Resigned
SINGH, Perdeep→
director · ~45y · appointed 2007-08-14 · resigned 2022-08-15
Resigned
JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-08-14 · resigned 2007-08-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-30