C & R REPAIRS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07163865 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-22

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 9.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.0y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 9.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

44 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	900	800

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

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1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-24
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-03-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2026-02-27
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-27
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-14
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-11-13
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capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2019-08-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-03-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-07-29
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2017-07-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2016-06-01
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BANKS, Christopher appointed
director
2016-03-31
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BANKS, Christopher resigned
director
2010-02-22
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Company incorporated
As C & R REPAIRS LIMITED
2010-02-22
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CHAPPLE, Robert Francis appointed
director
2010-02-22
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BANKS, Christopher appointed
director

Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Francis Chapple Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Christopher Banks Individual · British · DOB 09/1980 · age 46	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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6 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

Incorporated2010-02-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit 1 Thorverton Mill

Thorverton

Exeter

Devon

EX5 5LX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-14

Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BANKS, Christopher→

director · ~46y · appointed 2016-06-01

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Active

CHAPPLE, Robert Francis→

director · ~57y · appointed 2010-02-22

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Active

BANKS, Christopher→

director · ~46y · appointed 2010-02-22 · resigned 2016-03-31

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	23/03/2026	—
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	27/07/2017	—

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Recent filings (44 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2026-03-24

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-02-27

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-02-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-10