A & E LEISURE; CARAVAN AND MOTORHOME SERVICE AND REPAIR SPECIALISTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07823508 · ltd · incorporated 2011-10-26
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 6.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£296.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £296,441
Net assets shrinking
Down £98,249 YoY
Cash YoY
+43%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£330k
↑ 43% YoY
Net Worth
£296k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 7.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£230k£459k£689k£919k£1.1mOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£375.5k£512.2k
Current assets£1.15M£1.07M
Cash£330.4k£231.9k
Debtors£131.4k£152.5k
Net assets£296.4k£394.7k

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

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2 signals 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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filings
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-31
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  3. 2023-07-26
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  4. 2022-07-30
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  5. 2021-07-29
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  6. 2021-04-20
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-04-14
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    SYKES, James appointed
    director
  8. 2020-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-24
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2020-06-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Co-Operative Bank P.L.C.
  11. 2019-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-16
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-01-15
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    FLOYD, Nicola resigned
    director
  14. 2018-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-09-01
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2016-08-20
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    FIRTH, Janet resigned
    director
  18. 2016-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-06-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2014-11-19
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    STEVENSON, Gary appointed
    director
  21. 2014-11-19
    ➕
    FLOYD, Nichola appointed
    director
  22. 2014-11-19
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    FLOYD, Nichola resigned
    director
  23. 2014-11-19
    ➖
    STEVENSON, Gary resigned
    director
  24. 2014-04-01
    ➕
    FLOYD, Nicola appointed
    director
  25. 2014-04-01
    ➕
    STEVENSON, Gary appointed
    director
  26. 2011-10-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A & E LEISURE; CARAVAN AND MOTORHOME SERVICE AND REPAIR SPECIALISTS LTD
  27. 2011-10-26
    ➕
    FIRTH, Michael appointed
    director
  28. 2011-10-26
    ➕
    FIRTH, Roger Michael appointed
    director
  29. 2011-10-26
    ➕
    FIRTH, Janet appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roger Firth
Individual · British · DOB 09/1983 · age 43
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-10-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Primrose Hill Farm Runshaw Lane
Euxton
Chorley
Lancashire
PR7 6AX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-09
Last: 2025-10-26

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

FIRTH, Michael→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-10-26
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Active
FIRTH, Roger Michael→
director · ~43y · appointed 2011-10-26
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Active
STEVENSON, Gary→
director · ~42y · appointed 2014-11-19
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Active
SYKES, James→
director · ~38y · appointed 2021-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIRTH, Janet→
director · ~72y · appointed 2011-10-26 · resigned 2016-08-20
Resigned
FLOYD, Nichola→
director · ~53y · appointed 2014-11-19 · resigned 2014-11-19
Resigned
FLOYD, Nicola→
director · ~53y · appointed 2014-04-01 · resigned 2019-01-15
Resigned
STEVENSON, Gary→
director · ~42y · appointed 2014-04-01 · resigned 2014-11-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Co-operative Bank
The Co-Operative Bank P.L.C.
A registered charge1 property04/06/2020—
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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-28