A691 SPECIALIST CARS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06796650 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-21
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£399.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £399,935
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£248k
↑ 2.6% YoY
Net Worth
£400k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£634k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£127k£254k£380k£507k£634kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£399.9k£336.4k
Current assets£633.8k£545.8k
Cash£247.9k£241.6k
Debtors£151.1k£76.9k
Net assets£399.9k£336.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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  2. 2024-09-25
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  3. 2023-09-28
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  4. 2022-12-21
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  5. 2021-09-23
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  6. 2020-10-04
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  7. 2019-08-15
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  8. 2018-08-16
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  9. 2018-02-14
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  10. 2018-02-09
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  11. 2018-02-09
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  12. 2018-01-16
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  13. 2018-01-16
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  14. 2017-08-01
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  15. 2016-08-01
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  16. 2015-08-24
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    OLDROYD, Jamie appointed
    director
  17. 2015-08-24
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    OLDROYD, Michelle Joy appointed
    director
  18. 2010-08-04
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    COXON, Jeffrey Lance resigned
    director
  19. 2009-03-04
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    SPARKS, Michael resigned
    director
  20. 2009-01-21
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    Company incorporated
    As A691 SPECIALIST CARS LIMITED
  21. 2009-01-21
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    OLDROYD, Philip appointed
    director
  22. 2009-01-21
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    COXON, Jeffrey Lance appointed
    director
  23. 2009-01-21
    ➕
    SPARKS, Michael appointed
    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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Oldroyd
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Joy Oldroyd
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-01-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

Belmont Bridge
Carville
Co Durham
DH1 1LU

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 (3 active · 2 resigned)

OLDROYD, Jamie→
director · ~42y · appointed 2015-08-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OLDROYD, Michelle Joy→
director · ~41y · appointed 2015-08-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OLDROYD, Philip→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COXON, Jeffrey Lance→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-01-21 · resigned 2010-08-04
Resigned
SPARKS, Michael→
director · ~78y · appointed 2009-01-21 · resigned 2009-03-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
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2025-09-30
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2025-01-22
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2024-09-25
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2024-01-22
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accounts · AA
2023-09-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
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2022-12-21
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2022-01-21
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2021-09-23
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2021-01-22
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2020-10-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-23
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accounts · AA
2019-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-18