CAR & RALLY SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06377233 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-20
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-22
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2026-07-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-07-21
    ➖
    BOWERS, Jennifer Jane resigned
    secretary
  4. 2025-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-07-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2024-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-09-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2024-08-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-08-01
    ➕
    BOWERS, Nicholas Thomas appointed
    director
  10. 2023-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-09-20
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-02-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-09-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2020-04-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-12-26
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2019-09-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  20. 2019-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2015-06-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  22. 2007-09-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CAR & RALLY SERVICES LIMITED
  23. 2007-09-20
    ➕
    BOWERS, Peter Michael appointed
    director
  24. 2007-09-20
    ➕
    BOWERS, Jennifer Jane appointed
    secretary
  25. 2007-09-20
    ➕
    HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2007-09-20
    ➖
    HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2007-09-20
    ➕
    HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 2007-09-20
    ➖
    HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

29/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BOWERS, Nicholas Thomas (same surname) appointed 2024-08-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Bowers
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Jennifer Bowersceased 21/07/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2007-09-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

19 Knowle Road
Stafford
ST17 0DN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-25
Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BOWERS, Nicholas Thomas→
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOWERS, Peter Michael→
director · ~69y · appointed 2007-09-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOWERS, Jennifer Jane→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-20 · resigned 2026-07-21
Resigned
HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-09-20 · resigned 2007-09-20
Resigned
HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-09-20 · resigned 2007-09-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property03/06/2015—
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Recent filings (58 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-07-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-29