BRIDGEWAY AUTOPOINT LIMITED

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SC174877 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-25
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 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 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47300Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 2 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
70 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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees400500

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-01-23
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  3. 2024-01-27
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  4. 2023-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-02-07
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-17
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2016-01-19
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-07-31
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    document-replacement · RP04
  15. 2015-07-29
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2015-05-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-11-30
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    MALONE, William John resigned
    director
  18. 1997-06-01
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    JOHNSTONE, Eric appointed
    secretary
  19. 1997-06-01
    ➕
    JOHNSTONE, Eric appointed
    director
  20. 1997-06-01
    ➕
    MALONE, William John appointed
    director
  21. 1997-04-25
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    Company incorporated
    As BRIDGEWAY AUTOPOINT LIMITED
  22. 1997-04-25
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1997-04-25
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-04-25
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  25. 1997-04-25
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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 Eric Johnstone
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-04-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

78 Main Street
Crossgates
Cowdenbeath
Fife
KY4 8DA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-09
Last: 2025-04-25

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

JOHNSTONE, Eric→
secretary · appointed 1997-06-01
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Active
JOHNSTONE, Eric→
director · ~62y · appointed 1997-06-01
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Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-25 · resigned 1997-04-25
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-04-25 · resigned 1997-04-25
Resigned
MALONE, William John→
director · ~77y · appointed 1997-06-01 · resigned 2013-11-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-30