BOOTLE MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08857515 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-23
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
—
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£7.4k
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,378
Cash YoY
+7%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£45k
↑ 6.9% YoY
Net Worth
£7k
↑ 615% YoY
Current Assets
£46k
↑ 2.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£9k£19k£28k£37k£46kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£9.6k£3.0k
Current assets£46.4k£45.3k
Cash£45.1k£42.2k
Debtors£343£2.1k
Net assets£7.4k£1.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-09-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-09-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2023-09-15
    ➖
    HUGHES, Shirley Ada resigned
    director
  9. 2022-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-01-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-01-23
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    Company incorporated
    As BOOTLE MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
  18. 2014-01-23
    ➕
    HUGHES, Christopher appointed
    director
  19. 2014-01-23
    ➕
    LONG, Stephen appointed
    director
  20. 2014-01-23
    ➕
    HUGHES, Shirley Ada 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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
Mr Christopher Hughes
Individual · British · DOB 10/1946 · age 80
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mr Stephen Long
Individual · British · DOB 01/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Shirley Hughesceased 15/09/2023· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2014-01-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

30 Union Street
Southport
Merseyside
PR9 0QE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HUGHES, Christopher→
director · ~80y · appointed 2014-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONG, Stephen→
director · ~51y · appointed 2014-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUGHES, Shirley Ada→
director · ~78y · appointed 2014-01-23 · resigned 2023-09-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-26