BRAKES AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS & TRAINING LTD.

🌳Matureactive
06346974 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2007-08-20
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 Liabilities
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£0£6k£13k£19k£25k£32kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets—£8.9k
Current assets—£31.6k
Net assets—£8.9k
Average employees300—

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-13
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    PROBERT, Wayne Lee appointed
    director
  7. 2023-01-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-20
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    GRANT, Graham Derek appointed
    director
  13. 2018-08-20
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    WATSON, Patricia Ann resigned
    director
  14. 2018-08-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-08-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2018-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-03-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  18. 2018-03-06
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  19. 2017-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2010-12-01
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    TOOTH, Martin appointed
    director
  21. 2010-04-21
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    KNIGHTS, Keiron Michael John resigned
    secretary
  22. 2010-04-21
    ➖
    KNIGHTS, Keiron Michael John resigned
    director
  23. 2009-11-01
    ➖
    THIND, Sukhdev Singh resigned
    director
  24. 2007-08-20
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    Company incorporated
    As BRAKES AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS & TRAINING LTD.
  25. 2007-08-20
    ➕
    BURT, Russell appointed
    director
  26. 2007-08-20
    ➕
    KNIGHTS, Keiron Michael John appointed
    secretary
  27. 2007-08-20
    ➕
    KNIGHTS, Keiron Michael John appointed
    director
  28. 2007-08-20
    ➕
    THIND, Sukhdev Singh appointed
    director
  29. 2007-08-20
    ➕
    WATSON, Patricia Ann appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +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

83/100
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.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2007-08-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

Unit 2 Hanford Close Industrial Estate
Off Stoney Stanton Road
Coventry
CV6 5TL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-03
Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

BURT, Russell→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRANT, Graham Derek→
director · ~73y · appointed 2018-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PROBERT, Wayne Lee→
director · ~57y · appointed 2023-01-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TOOTH, Martin→
director · ~47y · appointed 2010-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KNIGHTS, Keiron Michael John→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-20 · resigned 2010-04-21
Resigned
KNIGHTS, Keiron Michael John→
director · ~54y · appointed 2007-08-20 · resigned 2010-04-21
Resigned
THIND, Sukhdev Singh→
director · ~56y · appointed 2007-08-20 · resigned 2009-11-01
Resigned
WATSON, Patricia Ann→
director · ~87y · appointed 2007-08-20 · resigned 2018-08-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-01