GREAT HOUSE GARAGE LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
14042191 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-12
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 3.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£29.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 3.2y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.2 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
18 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £29,425
Cash YoY
+5%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£29k
↑ 4.7% YoY
Net Worth
£29k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Assets
£100k
↑ 9.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £391.2k | £386.6k |
| Current assets | £100.3k | £91.5k |
| Cash | £29.3k | £28.0k |
| Debtors | £55.0k | £40.3k |
| Net assets | £29.4k | £22.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 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
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-26📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charles-court-order-extend-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-03-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-03-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2023-03-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-03-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-09-24➕DAVIES, Gaynor Doreen appointeddirector
- 2022-09-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-09-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-12🏢Company incorporatedAs GREAT HOUSE GARAGE LTD
- 2022-04-12➕DAVIES, Benjamin Martyn appointeddirector
- 2022-04-12➕DAVIES, Martyn Roger appointeddirector
- 2022-04-12➕DAVIES, Shaun Michael appointeddirector
- 2022-04-12📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Martyn Roger Davies Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 12/04/2022 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Benjamin Martyn Daviesceased 28/02/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mr Shaun Michael Daviesceased 28/02/2023· 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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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-04-12
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
Great House Garage
Newbridge-On-Wye
Llandrindod Wells
Powys
LD1 6HT
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
DAVIES, Benjamin Martyn→
Activedirector · ~26y · appointed 2022-04-12
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DAVIES, Gaynor Doreen→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2022-09-24
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DAVIES, Martyn Roger→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2022-04-12
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DAVIES, Shaun Michael→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2022-04-12
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 24/03/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (18 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charles-court-order-extend-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-09-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-24