BRIGGS AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY (BAC) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06836628 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-04
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 13.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 29100
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 13.1y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 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
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2500 | 2600 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-16📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-15📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2021-04-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-04-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-05-08📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2019-04-24📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-04-24📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-04-24📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2014-06-11➕GAMA DE MEDEIROS, Alexandre appointeddirector
- 2013-06-21🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Liverpool City Council
- 2013-06-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Liverpool City Council
- 2009-03-04🏢Company incorporatedAs BRIGGS AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY (BAC) LIMITED
- 2009-03-04➕BRIGGS, Alma Mary appointedsecretary
- 2009-03-04➕BRIGGS, Ian Paul appointeddirector
- 2009-03-04➕BRIGGS, Neill Anthony appointeddirector
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRIGGS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Ian Paul Briggs Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Neill Anthony Briggs Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC29100 — SIC 29100
Registered office
Sycamore House Sutton Quays Business Park
Sutton Weaver
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 3EH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
Active
BRIGGS, Ian Paul→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2009-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRIGGS, Neill Anthony→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2009-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GAMA DE MEDEIROS, Alexandre→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2014-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Liverpool City Council | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/06/2013 | — | |
| outstanding | Liverpool City Council | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/06/2013 | — |
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Recent filings (59 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-16
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2021-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-14