BUILTH WELLS MOT AND SERVICE CENTRE LTD
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Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 7.9y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £46.1k | £34.6k |
| Current assets | £36.0k | £36.1k |
| Net assets | £46.1k | £34.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal 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
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-23📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-05-15📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-05-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-12📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-07-12📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2019-07-08➕WEALE, Angela Mary appointedsecretary
- 2018-08-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-08-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2018-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-06-15🏢Company incorporatedAs BUILTH WELLS MOT AND SERVICE CENTRE LTD
- 2015-06-15➕MORGAN, Rodney appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Rodney Morgan Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 15/06/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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 →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/08/2018 | — |