A P MOTORSTORE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09188175 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-28
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£1.40M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
42 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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,399,083
Cash YoY
+54%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£718k
↑ 54% YoY
Net Worth
£1.4m
↑ 38% YoY
Current Assets
£1.6m
↑ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.40M | £1.02M |
| Current assets | £1.62M | £1.41M |
| Cash | £718.2k | £466.2k |
| Debtors | £279.0k | £331.4k |
| Net assets | £1.40M | £1.02M |
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
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-05-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-05-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-05-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-11-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-11-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-08-28🏢Company incorporatedAs A P MOTORSTORE LIMITED
- 2014-08-28➕MATHESON, Robert Alan appointeddirector
- 2014-08-28➕YOUNG, Andrew Russell appointeddirector
- 2014-08-28➕YOUNG, Gordon Peter appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Gordon Peter Young Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/06/2016 |
Mr Andrew Russell Young Individual · British · DOB 09/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Robert Alan Matheson Individual · British · DOB 11/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-08-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Registered office
Unit 3 Holmebank Mills
Station Road
Mirfield
WF14 8NA
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last: 2025-11-16
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
MATHESON, Robert Alan→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2014-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
YOUNG, Andrew Russell→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2014-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
YOUNG, Gordon Peter→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2014-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (42 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-16