ACTION LGV PCV TRAINING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08345240 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-03
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£176.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Driving school activities
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -35% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 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
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £176,861
Cash YoY
-35%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£57k
↓ 35% YoY
Net Worth
£177k
↑ 2.3% YoY
Current Assets
£220k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £178.8k | £180.4k |
| Current assets | £220.3k | £251.5k |
| Cash | £56.6k | £86.6k |
| Debtors | £163.7k | £164.9k |
| Net assets | £176.9k | £172.9k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-03-30📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-03-30📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-12-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2013-01-03🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTION LGV PCV TRAINING LIMITED
- 2013-01-03➕HAMBLETON, Gary Colin appointeddirector
- 2013-01-03➕HAMBLETON, Karen Sandra appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Karen Sandra Hambleton Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-01-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85530 — Driving school activities
Registered office
Unit 9 Leviss Industrial Estate Station Road
Stechford
Birmingham
B33 9AE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-16
Last: 2026-01-02
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HAMBLETON, Gary Colin→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2013-01-03
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HAMBLETON, Karen Sandra→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2013-01-03
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Recent filings (33 total)
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2026-02-13
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accounts · AA
2025-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-06
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-03-30
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-29