BRIZLINCOTE CAR SALES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10560632 · ltd · incorporated 2017-01-12
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.
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
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. 2026-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-10-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-05-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2017-01-12
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    Company incorporated
    As BRIZLINCOTE CAR SALES LIMITED
  16. 2017-01-12
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    EAMES, Jonathan appointed
    director
  17. 2017-01-12
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    EAMES, Paul appointed
    director
  18. 2017-01-12
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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 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
Paul Eames
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/01/2017
Mr Jonathan Eames
Individual · British · DOB 12/1989 · age 37
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/01/2017

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
Incorporated2017-01-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Ashby Road East Ashby Road East
Bretby
Burton-On-Trent
DE15 0PS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-22
Last: 2026-01-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

EAMES, Jonathan→
director · ~37y · appointed 2017-01-12
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Active
EAMES, Paul→
director · ~65y · appointed 2017-01-12
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-09