BESPOKE TYRE & AUTOCARE LTD

🌳Matureactive
09685381 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-14
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
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
39 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees800800

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-06-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-12
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2023-10-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  8. 2023-07-31
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  9. 2023-06-26
    ➕
    SMITH, Rebecca appointed
    secretary
  10. 2023-05-15
    ➖
    GRAHAM, Jenny resigned
    secretary
  11. 2023-05-15
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2023-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-07-12
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2021-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-02-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2021-02-19
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  18. 2021-01-14
    ➕
    SMITH, Geoffrey appointed
    director
  19. 2021-01-14
    ➕
    GRAHAM, Jenny appointed
    secretary
  20. 2020-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-11-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  22. 2019-11-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  23. 2019-10-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  24. 2016-10-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee for Its Group Members
  25. 2015-07-14
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    Company incorporated
    As BESPOKE TYRE & AUTOCARE LTD
  26. 2015-07-14
    ➕
    SMITH, David William appointed
    director
  27. 2015-07-14
    ➕
    SMITH, Geoffrey appointed
    director
  28. 2015-07-14
    ➖
    SMITH, Geoffrey resigned
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Smith
Individual · British · DOB 02/1987 · age 39
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-07-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

7 Greta Street
Middlesbrough
Cleveland
TS1 5QS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-26
Last: 2026-07-12

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SMITH, Rebecca→
secretary · appointed 2023-06-26
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Active
SMITH, David William→
director · ~39y · appointed 2015-07-14
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Active
SMITH, Geoffrey→
director · ~67y · appointed 2021-01-14
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Active
GRAHAM, Jenny→
secretary · appointed 2021-01-14 · resigned 2023-05-15
Resigned
SMITH, Geoffrey→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-07-14 · resigned 2015-07-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee for Its Group Members
A registered charge1 property18/10/201612/10/2023

Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-07-31
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-09