BIDDENDEN CARS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12033405 · ltd · incorporated 2019-06-05
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
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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 (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
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
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
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 (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-05-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-05-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-05-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-06-05
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    Company incorporated
    As BIDDENDEN CARS LTD
  13. 2019-06-05
    ➕
    HARRINGTON, Matthew James appointed
    director
  14. 2019-06-05
    ➕
    THERY, Claire Lynn appointed
    director
  15. 2019-06-05
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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
Ms Claire Lynn Thery
Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control05/06/2019
Mr Matthew James Harrington
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control05/06/2019

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
Incorporated2019-06-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

Sportsman Farm
St. Michaels
Tenterden
TN30 6SY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-15
Last: 2026-06-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HARRINGTON, Matthew James→
director · ~60y · appointed 2019-06-05
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Active
THERY, Claire Lynn→
director · ~54y · appointed 2019-06-05
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Active

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Recent filings (19 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-04