BIRCHWOOD MOT LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10222412 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-09
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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£7k£14k£20k£27k£34kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets—£838
Current assets—£34.0k
Net assets—£838
Average employees200—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2024-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-29
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  8. 2021-01-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-02-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-01-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2018-01-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2016-06-09
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    Company incorporated
    As BIRCHWOOD MOT LTD
  17. 2016-06-09
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    DONALDSON, Andi David appointed
    director
  18. 2016-06-09
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    PORTWOOD, Allen Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Allen Robert Portwood
Individual · English · DOB 04/1978 · age 48
25–50%
—25-50% shares10/01/2018
Mr Andi David Donaldson
Individual · English · DOB 07/1982 · age 44
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/01/2017

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
Incorporated2016-06-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

25 Trinity Court
Birchwood
Warrington
WA3 6QT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-08
Last: 2026-01-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DONALDSON, Andi David→
director · ~44y · appointed 2016-06-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PORTWOOD, Allen Robert→
director · ~48y · appointed 2016-06-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (27 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-01-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-18