LONDON PREMIUM CARS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06439685 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-28

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49320

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	0	0

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-02
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2019-11-07
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2007-11-29
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CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
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CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
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2007-11-28
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Company incorporated
As LONDON PREMIUM CARS LIMITED
2007-11-28
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BURNETT, Charles David, Sir appointed
secretary
2007-11-28
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BURNETT, Charles David, Sir appointed
director
2007-11-28
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MAHMOOD, Asif appointed
director
2007-11-28
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CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-11-28
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CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 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 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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.)

Group structure

London Premium Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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London Premium Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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LONDON PREMIUM CARS LIMITED

This company · 06439685

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
London Premium Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-11-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

17 Walkergate

Berwick-Upon-Tweed

Northumberland

TD15 1DJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-18

Last: 2025-11-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BURNETT, Charles David, Sir→

secretary · appointed 2007-11-28

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Active

BURNETT, Charles David, Sir→

director · ~75y · appointed 2007-11-28

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Active

MAHMOOD, Asif→

director · ~80y · appointed 2007-11-28

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Active

CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-28 · resigned 2007-11-29

Resigned

CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2007-11-28 · resigned 2007-11-29

Resigned

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