BRIDGE MOTOR COMPANY LTD

💤Zombieactive

06856436 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-24

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£752.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45112

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (77/100)

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

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

45 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £752,727

Cash YoY

+38%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£255k

↑ 38% YoY

Net Worth

£753k

↑ 9.8% YoY

Current Assets

£658k

↑ 15% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£754.0k	£689.4k
Current assets	£657.9k	£570.6k
Cash	£254.7k	£185.0k
Debtors	£8.8k	£6.3k
Net assets	£752.7k	£685.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-01-16
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2025-01-22
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2023-11-21
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accounts · AA
2023-01-06
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2021-12-22
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2021-01-04
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2019-12-11
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2019-01-04
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accounts · AA
2017-11-08
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accounts · AA
2017-02-14
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accounts · AA
2016-07-21
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officers · CH01
2016-07-14
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address · AD01
2016-04-29
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accounts · AA
2016-04-12
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2015-04-13
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2012-04-03
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TOLLEY, Gerald resigned
secretary
2012-04-03
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TOLLEY, Gerald resigned
director
2011-04-21
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TOLLEY, Christopher Paul appointed
director
2009-03-24
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Company incorporated
As BRIDGE MOTOR COMPANY LTD
2009-03-24
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TOLLEY, Gerald appointed
secretary
2009-03-24
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JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointed
director
2009-03-24
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JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
director
2009-03-24
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TOLLEY, Gerald appointed
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Christopher Paul Tolley Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	07/04/2016

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

Incorporated2009-03-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

37 Mill Street

Bideford

Devon

EX39 2JJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-07

Last: 2026-03-24

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

TOLLEY, Christopher Paul→

director · ~60y · appointed 2011-04-21

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Active

TOLLEY, Gerald→

secretary · appointed 2009-03-24 · resigned 2012-04-03

Resigned

JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→

director · ~56y · appointed 2009-03-24 · resigned 2009-03-24

Resigned

TOLLEY, Gerald→

director · ~86y · appointed 2009-03-24 · resigned 2012-04-03

Resigned

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