ST JAMES PARADE (107) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06479034 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-21
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · oldest 12.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees—0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  2. 2025-12-22
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  3. 2024-09-30
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  4. 2023-12-21
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  5. 2022-12-16
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  6. 2021-10-08
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  7. 2021-02-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-01-10
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  9. 2019-10-05
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  10. 2018-10-02
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  11. 2017-09-01
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-10-08
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-10-04
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  15. 2015-01-26
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-12-19
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  17. 2013-12-19
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  18. 2013-12-19
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  19. 2013-12-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  20. 2013-12-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  21. 2009-06-30
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    DAVISON, Gerald Richard resigned
    director
  22. 2008-09-25
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    ST JAMES SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-09-25
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    ST JAMES DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2008-08-20
    ➕
    BENNETT, Neil Stanley appointed
    secretary
  25. 2008-08-20
    ➕
    FOWLER, Lionel David appointed
    director
  26. 2008-08-20
    ➕
    FOWLER, Stephanie Lyn appointed
    director
  27. 2008-08-20
    ➕
    HART, Frederick Robert appointed
    director
  28. 2008-08-20
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Gillian Helen, Dr appointed
    director
  29. 2008-08-20
    ➕
    DAVISON, Gerald Richard appointed
    director
  30. 2008-01-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ST JAMES PARADE (107) LIMITED
  31. 2008-01-21
    ➕
    ST JAMES SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  32. 2008-01-21
    ➕
    ST JAMES DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 low
5 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Stephanie Lynn Fowler
Individual · English · DOB 07/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Doctor Gillian Helen Johnson
Individual · English · DOB 11/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-01-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

2-12 Bath Road
Pylle Hill
Bristol
Avon
BS4 3DR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

BENNETT, Neil Stanley→
secretary · appointed 2008-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOWLER, Lionel David→
director · ~80y · appointed 2008-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOWLER, Stephanie Lyn→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HART, Frederick Robert→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSON, Gillian Helen, Dr→
director · ~78y · appointed 2008-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ST JAMES SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-01-21 · resigned 2008-09-25
Resigned
DAVISON, Gerald Richard→
director · ~83y · appointed 2008-08-20 · resigned 2009-06-30
Resigned
ST JAMES DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-01-21 · resigned 2008-09-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
5
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property19/12/2013—
outstanding
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property19/12/2013—
outstanding
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property19/12/2013—
outstanding
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property19/12/2013—
outstanding
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property19/12/2013—
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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-01