BORDER AUTOCARE & TYRE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC217592 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-30
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 25.0y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees200100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
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 (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2023-03-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-02-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2018-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-02-16
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    STEEL, Brian appointed
    director
  17. 2014-03-03
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    BATCHELOR, Nichola Fiona appointed
    director
  18. 2014-03-03
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    STEEL, Brian resigned
    director
  19. 2004-05-28
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    BATCHELOR, Nichola Fiona appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-05-28
    ➖
    STEEL, Nadia resigned
    secretary
  21. 2003-10-31
    ➖
    STEEL, Nadia resigned
    director
  22. 2002-12-06
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2002-03-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  24. 2001-05-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 2001-03-30
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    Company incorporated
    As BORDER AUTOCARE & TYRE SERVICES LIMITED
  26. 2001-03-30
    ➕
    STEEL, Nadia appointed
    secretary
  27. 2001-03-30
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-03-30
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2001-03-30
    ➕
    STEEL, Brian appointed
    director
  30. 2001-03-30
    ➕
    STEEL, Nadia appointed
    director
  31. 2001-03-30
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2001-03-30
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 2001-03-30
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 2001-03-30
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian Steel
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares05/04/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Nicola Fiona Batchelorceased 05/04/2019· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-03-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Brownrigg Cottage
Commonside
Hawick
Scottish Borders
TD9 0LB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

BATCHELOR, Nichola Fiona→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-28
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Active
BATCHELOR, Nichola Fiona→
director · ~44y · appointed 2014-03-03
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Active
STEEL, Brian→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-02-16
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Active
STEEL, Nadia→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-30 · resigned 2004-05-28
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-30 · resigned 2001-03-30
Resigned
STEEL, Brian→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-03-30 · resigned 2014-03-03
Resigned
STEEL, Nadia→
director · ~56y · appointed 2001-03-30 · resigned 2003-10-31
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-30 · resigned 2001-03-30
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-30 · resigned 2001-03-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property23/03/2002—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property25/05/200106/12/2002
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Recent filings (79 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30