ERA FLEET COST MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC353202 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-09
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Jan 2026
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
44 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
80
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31
Average employees300400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-07-15
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  3. 2024-07-01
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  4. 2023-07-14
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  5. 2022-07-07
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  6. 2022-05-04
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    address · AD01
  7. 2022-01-26
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    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-01-15
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    BINGHAM, Michele appointed
    director
  9. 2021-10-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2021-10-01
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    PENTLETON, Gerry resigned
    director
  11. 2021-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2020-06-26
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  13. 2019-05-29
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  14. 2018-05-14
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  15. 2017-04-21
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  16. 2016-06-08
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  17. 2016-01-12
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  18. 2009-01-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ERA FLEET COST MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  19. 2009-01-09
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    BINGHAM, Sean appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-01-09
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    BINGHAM, Sean appointed
    director
  21. 2009-01-09
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    PENTLETON, Gerry appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 64. 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 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sean Bingham
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-01-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Suite 26 Bonnington Bond
2 Anderson Place
Leith
EH6 5NP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BINGHAM, Sean→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-09
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Active
BINGHAM, Michele→
director · ~64y · appointed 2022-01-15
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BINGHAM, Sean→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-01-09
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Active
PENTLETON, Gerry→
director · ~72y · appointed 2009-01-09 · resigned 2021-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-19