BICESTER TYRE AND EXHAUSTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07699051 · ltd · incorporated 2011-07-11
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£85.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 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
33 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £85,572

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£86k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£164k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£33k£66k£98k£131k£164kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£85.6k£67.6k
Current assets£164.1k£140.6k
Net assets£85.6k£67.6k

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
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-22
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-04
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    MARSHALL, Lee David appointed
    director
  4. 2025-02-04
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    MARSHALL, Thomas Ian appointed
    director
  5. 2025-02-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
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  6. 2025-02-04
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  7. 2024-04-29
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  8. 2023-07-21
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  9. 2022-07-11
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  10. 2021-03-26
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  11. 2020-04-23
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  12. 2019-04-30
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  13. 2018-03-07
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  14. 2016-11-23
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  15. 2016-07-14
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  16. 2016-07-14
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  17. 2016-04-26
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2011-07-11
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    Company incorporated
    As BICESTER TYRE AND EXHAUSTS LIMITED
  19. 2011-07-11
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    MARSHALL, Ian Ross appointed
    director
  20. 2011-07-11
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    MARSHALL, Jacqueline Sylvia appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

33/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MARSHALL, Lee David (same surname) appointed 2025-02-04. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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 Ian Ross Marshall
Individual · British · DOB 06/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/07/2016
Mrs Jacqueline Sylvia Marshall
Individual · British · DOB 01/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/07/2016

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
Incorporated2011-07-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Bicester Tyre And Exhausts Limited
Victoria Road
Bicester
Oxfordshire
OX26 6PJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-25
Last: 2025-07-11

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

MARSHALL, Ian Ross→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-07-11
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Active
MARSHALL, Jacqueline Sylvia→
director · ~78y · appointed 2011-07-11
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Active
MARSHALL, Lee David→
director · ~49y · appointed 2025-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARSHALL, Thomas Ian→
director · ~46y · appointed 2025-02-04
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Active

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Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-23