BENNETTS COACHES HOLDINGS LIMITED
- · Oldest live charge 7.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
Opportunity 73/100 (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: strategic trade sale (70/100).
Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 7.5y
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £641.1k | — |
| Average employees | 77 | 100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 signals 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 accounts
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-03-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-08-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-06-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-06-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-10-09🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2019-02-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-02-06🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2019-02-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-31📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-01-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2017-08-23🏢Company incorporatedAs BENNETTS COACHES HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2017-08-23➕BENNETT, Gavin Peter 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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BENNETT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Gavin Peter Bennett Individual · British · DOB 05/1979 · age 47 | 50–75% | 25–50% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 23/08/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Peter Bennettceased 25/01/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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8 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 (1 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/10/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 06/02/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 31/01/2019 | — |