BRACEBRIDGE HEATH MOT & REPAIR CENTRE LTD

🌳Matureactive

08098975 · ltd · incorporated 2012-06-08

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

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

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

33 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	300	300

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-03-10
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2023-03-07
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2022-03-24
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2021-04-01
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2020-03-28
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2019-03-27
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2018-03-29
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accounts · AA
2017-03-29
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accounts · AA
2016-07-06
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2016-07-06
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2016-03-31
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2015-06-22
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2015-06-02
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2012-07-02
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BOTTERILL, Andrew John appointed
director
2012-07-02
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BULLED, David William appointed
director
2012-06-08
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Company incorporated
As BRACEBRIDGE HEATH MOT & REPAIR CENTRE LTD
2012-06-08
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KAHAN, Barbara appointed
director
2012-06-08
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KAHAN, Barbara resigned
director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Sarah-Jayne Botterill Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	30/06/2016
Mrs Sarah Bulled Individual · British · DOB 08/1985 · age 41	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	30/06/2016
Mr Andrew John Botterill Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr David Bulled Individual · British · DOB 04/1984 · age 42	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2012-06-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Churchill Business Park

Sleaford Road

Lincoln

Lincolnshire

LN4 2NL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-15

Last: 2026-05-01

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BOTTERILL, Andrew John→

director · ~59y · appointed 2012-07-02

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Active

BULLED, David William→

director · ~42y · appointed 2012-07-02

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Active

KAHAN, Barbara→

director · ~95y · appointed 2012-06-08 · resigned 2012-06-08

Resigned

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