25 REPAIR CENTRE LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -42% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-2.21M | £-2.05M |
| Current assets | £534.8k | £656.2k |
| Cash | £52.1k | £89.5k |
| Debtors | £173.1k | £175.1k |
| Net assets | £-2.21M | £-2.05M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-05📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-09-29➖MARRINER, Judith resignedsecretary
- 2021-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-10-31➖NEWELL, Andrew resigneddirector
- 2019-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-28📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2007-09-17🏢Company incorporatedAs 25 REPAIR CENTRE LIMITED
- 2007-09-17➕KROJBY, Kim appointeddirector
- 2007-09-17➕LEKI LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2007-09-17➕MARRINER, Judith appointedsecretary
- 2007-09-17➕NEWELL, Andrew appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +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 "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Kim Krojby Individual · Danish · DOB 04/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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