1ST CHOICE RADIO CARS LTD

🌳Matureactive
05045249 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-16
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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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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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Net Worth
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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

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-02-25
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  3. 2024-02-20
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  4. 2023-02-10
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  5. 2022-02-28
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  6. 2021-03-05
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  7. 2020-02-27
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  8. 2019-02-27
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  9. 2018-02-28
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  10. 2017-02-20
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  11. 2016-02-26
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-02-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-10-07
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2015-04-21
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    HOWELL, Susan Sarah resigned
    director
  15. 2015-02-26
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-02-17
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2007-02-22
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    NISAR, Adil appointed
    director
  18. 2007-02-22
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    WILLIAMSON, Alan Anthony resigned
    director
  19. 2004-08-27
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    HOWELL, Susan Sarah appointed
    director
  20. 2004-08-27
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    WILLIAMSON, Alan Anthony appointed
    director
  21. 2004-05-31
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    DENNISTON, Patricia Jane appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-05-31
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    BATES, Anthony Bernard resigned
    secretary
  23. 2004-05-31
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    BATES, Anthony Bernard resigned
    director
  24. 2004-02-17
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
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  25. 2004-02-17
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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  26. 2004-02-16
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    Company incorporated
    As 1ST CHOICE RADIO CARS LTD
  27. 2004-02-16
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    DENNISTON, Richard Martin appointed
    director
  28. 2004-02-16
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    BATES, Anthony Bernard appointed
    secretary
  29. 2004-02-16
    ➕
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2004-02-16
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    BATES, Anthony Bernard appointed
    director
  31. 2004-02-16
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Richard Martin Denniston
Individual · British · DOB 02/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence15/02/2017

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
Incorporated2004-02-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

7 Oxhill Road
Solihull
Birmingham
B90 1LR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

DENNISTON, Patricia Jane→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DENNISTON, Richard Martin→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-02-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NISAR, Adil→
director · ~55y · appointed 2007-02-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BATES, Anthony Bernard→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-16 · resigned 2004-05-31
Resigned
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-02-16 · resigned 2004-02-17
Resigned
BATES, Anthony Bernard→
director · ~81y · appointed 2004-02-16 · resigned 2004-05-31
Resigned
HOWELL, Susan Sarah→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-08-27 · resigned 2015-04-21
Resigned
WILLIAMSON, Alan Anthony→
director · ~56y · appointed 2004-08-27 · resigned 2007-02-22
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-02-16 · resigned 2004-02-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

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2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
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accounts · AA
2024-02-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-02