BRADLEY GARAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07915334 · ltd · incorporated 2012-01-19
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
39 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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2024-08-29
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    TAZEWELL, Justin Mark appointed
    director
  4. 2024-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-11-28
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2015-10-08
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    officers · CH01
  17. 2012-01-19
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    Company incorporated
    As BRADLEY GARAGE LIMITED
  18. 2012-01-19
    ➕
    TAZEWELL, Jennifer Margaret appointed
    secretary
  19. 2012-01-19
    ➕
    TAZEWELL, Jennifer Margaret appointed
    director
  20. 2012-01-19
    ➕
    TAZEWELL, Steven Christopher appointed
    director
  21. 2012-01-19
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  22. 2012-01-19
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    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director
  23. 2012-01-19
    ➕
    TAZEWELL, Justin Mark appointed
    director
  24. 2012-01-19
    ➖
    TAZEWELL, Justin Mark resigned
    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 80 — 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 80 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Jennifer Margaret Tazewell
Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
Steven Christopher Tazewell
Individual · British · DOB 08/1946 · age 80
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
Incorporated2012-01-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Cornerstone House
Midland Way Thornbury
Bristol
BS35 2BS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-02
Last: 2026-01-19

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

TAZEWELL, Jennifer Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2012-01-19
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Active
TAZEWELL, Jennifer Margaret→
director · ~78y · appointed 2012-01-19
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Active
TAZEWELL, Justin Mark→
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-08-29
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Active
TAZEWELL, Steven Christopher→
director · ~80y · appointed 2012-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2012-01-19 · resigned 2012-01-19
Resigned
TAZEWELL, Justin Mark→
director · ~56y · appointed 2012-01-19 · resigned 2012-01-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-07