BG7 DRIVING SCHOOL LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15046147 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-02
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Driving school activities
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (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
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£762£2k£2k£3k£4kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£189
Current assets£3.8k
Net assets£189

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
  • 2 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-04-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-04-09
    BURGESS, Steven Paul appointed
    director
  6. 2024-03-13
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-08-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BG7 DRIVING SCHOOL LTD
  8. 2023-08-02
    GRUSZCZYNSKI, Bartlomiej Dariusz appointed
    director
  9. 2023-08-02
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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.
  • +Young company: Only 3.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Bartlomiej Dariusz Gruszczynski
Individual · Polish · DOB 05/1978 · age 48
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control02/08/2023
Mr Steven Paul Burgess
Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control09/04/2024

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
Incorporated2023-08-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85530 — Driving school activities

Registered office

51 Everest Close
Great Sutton
Ellesmere Port
CH66 2RH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-24
Last: 2026-06-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BURGESS, Steven Paul
director · ~54y · appointed 2024-04-09
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Active
GRUSZCZYNSKI, Bartlomiej Dariusz
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-08-02
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-12
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-02