A1 WETHERBY CAR STORAGE LTD.

🌳Matureactive
09752286 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-27
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£244.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52219
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
24 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £244,612
Cash YoY
+119%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£77k
↑ 119% YoY
Net Worth
£245k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£102k
↑ 104% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£49k£98k£147k£196k£245kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£261.4k£283.1k
Current assets£101.8k£49.9k
Cash£76.7k£35.1k
Debtors£25.1k£14.8k
Net assets£244.6k£203.4k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-09-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-04
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2021-06-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  10. 2021-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-08-27
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    Company incorporated
    As A1 WETHERBY CAR STORAGE LTD.
  16. 2015-08-27
    ➕
    HANSON, James Andrew appointed
    director
  17. 2015-08-27
    ➕
    HANSON, Paul appointed
    director
  18. 2015-08-27
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Hanson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr James Andrew Hanson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1977 · age 49
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-08-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52219 — SIC 52219

Registered office

Brickfield House Aldborough
Boroughbridge
York
North Yorkshire
YO51 9HB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HANSON, James Andrew→
director · ~49y · appointed 2015-08-27
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Active
HANSON, Paul→
director · ~77y · appointed 2015-08-27
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property02/06/2021—
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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-26
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-26