BENTLEY MOT AND SERVICE CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07817566 · ltd · incorporated 2011-10-20
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33170
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-19
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2024-10-01
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2023-12-16
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
  6. 2023-12-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-09-15
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    notice-of-removal-of-a-director
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-09-11
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
  9. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-11-02
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2022-09-27
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2021-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2012-04-10
    ➕
    CROSSLAND, John Kevin appointed
    director
  18. 2012-04-10
    ➖
    CROSSLAND, John Kevin resigned
    director
  19. 2012-04-10
    ➕
    RICHARDSON, Karl Robert appointed
    director
  20. 2012-04-10
    ➖
    RICHARDSON, Karl Robert resigned
    director
  21. 2012-04-10
    ➕
    RICHARDSON, Robert appointed
    director
  22. 2012-04-10
    ➖
    RICHARDSON, Robert resigned
    director
  23. 2012-04-02
    ➕
    CROSSLAND, John Kevin appointed
    director
  24. 2012-04-02
    ➕
    RICHARDSON, Karl Robert appointed
    director
  25. 2012-04-02
    ➕
    RICHARDSON, Robert appointed
    director
  26. 2012-04-02
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director
  27. 2011-10-20
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    Company incorporated
    As BENTLEY MOT AND SERVICE CENTRE LIMITED
  28. 2011-10-20
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara 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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Kevin Crossland
Individual · British · DOB 07/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/10/2016
Mr Robert Richardson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/10/2016
Mr Karl Robert Richardson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/10/2016

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
Incorporated2011-10-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170

Registered office

Units 9-10 Jupiter Business Park
Bentley Road
Doncaster
DN5 9TJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

CROSSLAND, John Kevin→
director · ~50y · appointed 2012-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RICHARDSON, Karl Robert→
director · ~44y · appointed 2012-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RICHARDSON, Robert→
director · ~70y · appointed 2012-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROSSLAND, John Kevin→
director · ~50y · appointed 2012-04-10 · resigned 2012-04-10
Resigned
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2011-10-20 · resigned 2012-04-02
Resigned
RICHARDSON, Karl Robert→
director · ~44y · appointed 2012-04-10 · resigned 2012-04-10
Resigned
RICHARDSON, Robert→
director · ~70y · appointed 2012-04-10 · resigned 2012-04-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-10-19
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2023-12-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-04
notice-of-removal-of-a-director
officers · AP01
2023-09-15
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-01
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01