DRAKES GARAGE RECOVERY LTD
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 100 | 100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-08-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-08-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-07-31➖SPENCER, Andrew James Robert resigneddirector
- 2018-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-01📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2008-08-14🏢Company incorporatedAs DRAKES GARAGE RECOVERY LTD
- 2008-08-14➕DRAKE, Nigel Robert appointeddirector
- 2008-08-14➕SPENCER, Andrew James Robert appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DRAKE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Nigel Robert Drake Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 14/08/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Andrew James Robert Spencerceased 31/07/2018· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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