BASINGSTOKE VALUE TYRES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07617172 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-28
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£1£1£2£2£3Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£3
Net assets—£3
Average employees0—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-06
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-01
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-01-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-11-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-08-08
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-04
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    address · AD01
  14. 2017-12-12
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-10-20
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    accounts · AA01
  16. 2011-04-28
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    Company incorporated
    As BASINGSTOKE VALUE TYRES LIMITED
  17. 2011-04-28
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    BENWELL, Gary appointed
    director
  18. 2011-04-28
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    DIGWEED, Sharon Teresa appointed
    director
  19. 2011-04-28
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    GORMAN, Sean Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sean Michael Gorman
Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Miss Sharon Teresa Digweed
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Gary Benwell
Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-04-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

The Maltings
Rosemary Lane
Halstead
Essex
CO9 1HZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-12
Last: 2026-04-28

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BENWELL, Gary→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-04-28
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Active
DIGWEED, Sharon Teresa→
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-04-28
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Active
GORMAN, Sean Michael→
director · ~67y · appointed 2011-04-28
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Active

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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-05