AULTON & BUTLER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00555212 · ltd · incorporated 1955-09-28

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

103 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-07	2024-04-07

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-17
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2023-12-22
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2022-12-14
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2021-11-18
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accounts · AA
2020-11-12
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accounts · AA
2020-01-22
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officers · CH01
2019-12-16
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accounts · AA
2019-01-07
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accounts · AA
2018-01-04
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accounts · AA
2017-12-20
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accounts · AA01
2017-09-12
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officers · AP01
2017-05-23
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address · AD01
2017-05-23
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officers · AP01
2017-05-23
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officers · AP01
2017-04-07
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LUGSDIN, Robert Michael appointed
director
2017-04-07
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MARKS, Stephen appointed
director
2017-04-07
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MARSLAND, Shaun appointed
director
2017-04-07
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AULTON, Kevin resigned
director
2010-09-27
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UNITT, Jean resigned
secretary
1996-05-01
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UNITT, Jean appointed
secretary
1995-12-19
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AULTON, Beatrice resigned
secretary
1995-12-19
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AULTON, Beatrice resigned
director
1992-07-30
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BUTLER, John Thomas resigned
director
1955-09-28
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Company incorporated
As AULTON & BUTLER LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 71 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Ideal & Wrs Company Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ideal & Wrs Company Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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AULTON & BUTLER LIMITED

This company · 00555212

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ideal & Wrs Company Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	07/04/2017

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1955-09-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

The Old School

Hollyhedge Lane

Walsall

West Midlands

WS2 8PZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-07

Last made up to: 2025-04-07

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-22

Last: 2026-06-08

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

LUGSDIN, Robert Michael→

director · ~59y · appointed 2017-04-07

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Active

MARKS, Stephen→

director · ~84y · appointed 2017-04-07

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Active

MARSLAND, Shaun→

director · ~59y · appointed 2017-04-07

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Active

AULTON, Beatrice→

secretary · resigned 1995-12-19

Resigned

UNITT, Jean→

secretary · appointed 1996-05-01 · resigned 2010-09-27

Resigned

AULTON, Beatrice→

director · ~111y · resigned 1995-12-19

Resigned

AULTON, Kevin→

director · ~79y · resigned 2017-04-07

Resigned

BUTLER, John Thomas→

director · ~80y · resigned 1992-07-30

Resigned

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