ACUMEN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00766808 · ltd · incorporated 1963-07-08
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (50/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 45.5y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 45.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
22 officers (3 active, 22 linked, 16 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
164 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (62 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  3. 2024-05-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-05-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  7. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2021-03-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-03-19
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2021-03-19
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  13. 2021-03-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2021-03-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2021-03-04
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    DOUGHTY, Joanna Marie appointed
    secretary
  16. 2021-03-04
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    THE OXFORD SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2021-02-26
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    HODGES, John resigned
    director
  18. 2020-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-11-12
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    DOUGHTY, Christopher Charles Clifford appointed
    director
  20. 2020-11-12
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    DOUGHTY, Joanna Marie appointed
    director
  21. 2020-11-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2020-11-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2019-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  24. 2019-08-27
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    DOUGHTY, Joanna Marie resigned
    director
  25. 2019-08-22
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    DOUGHTY, Joanna Marie appointed
    director
  26. 2004-07-30
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    ARMSTRONG, Colin North resigned
    secretary
  27. 2004-07-30
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    THE OXFORD SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2004-07-06
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    HODGES, John appointed
    director
  29. 2004-07-06
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    MERRY, John Charles resigned
    director
  30. 2004-07-06
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    NUTTALL, Philip James resigned
    director
  31. 2004-02-09
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    SHUTER, Adam John resigned
    director
  32. 2001-08-01
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    ARMSTRONG, Colin North appointed
    secretary
  33. 2001-08-01
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    LIGHT, John Michael Heathcote resigned
    secretary
  34. 1998-08-15
    ➕
    LIGHT, John Michael Heathcote appointed
    secretary
  35. 1998-08-15
    ➖
    NIZAN, Jacqueline Kay resigned
    secretary
  36. 1998-08-15
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    ALEXANDER, William Norman resigned
    director
  37. 1998-08-15
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    MERRY, John Charles appointed
    director
  38. 1998-08-15
    ➕
    NUTTALL, Philip James appointed
    director
  39. 1998-08-15
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    PAINTER, James resigned
    director
  40. 1998-08-15
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    SHUTER, Adam John appointed
    director
  41. 1998-03-19
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    PAINTER, James appointed
    director
  42. 1998-03-19
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    TOYNE, John Richard resigned
    director
  43. 1997-01-01
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    NIZAN, Jacqueline Kay appointed
    secretary
  44. 1996-12-31
    ➖
    SMITH, Thomas Martyn resigned
    secretary
  45. 1996-12-31
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    CARDLE, David Anthony resigned
    director
  46. 1996-07-31
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    WOOD, Terry George resigned
    director
  47. 1996-01-05
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    ALEXANDER, William Norman appointed
    director
  48. 1995-06-29
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    BINKS, Allan William Spence resigned
    director
  49. 1995-04-12
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    TOYNE, John Richard appointed
    director
  50. 1994-06-30
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    Charge satisfied #4
Showing most recent 50 of 62 events

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 63 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

Acumen Logistics Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Acumen Logistics Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ACUMEN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
This company · 00766808

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Acumen Logistics Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1963-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Acumen House Park Circle
Tithe Barn Way
Swan Valley
Northampton
NN4 9BH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-22
Last: 2026-05-08

Officers (3 active · 19 resigned)

DOUGHTY, Joanna Marie→
secretary · appointed 2021-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOUGHTY, Christopher Charles Clifford→
director · ~54y · appointed 2020-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOUGHTY, Joanna Marie→
director · ~51y · appointed 2020-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARMSTRONG, Colin North→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-01 · resigned 2004-07-30
Resigned
LIGHT, John Michael Heathcote→
secretary · appointed 1998-08-15 · resigned 2001-08-01
Resigned
NIZAN, Jacqueline Kay→
secretary · appointed 1997-01-01 · resigned 1998-08-15
Resigned
SMITH, Thomas Martyn→
secretary · resigned 1996-12-31
Resigned
THE OXFORD SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-07-30 · resigned 2021-03-04
Resigned
ALEXANDER, William Norman→
director · ~67y · appointed 1996-01-05 · resigned 1998-08-15
Resigned
ASTON, Anthony Lynn→
director · ~88y · resigned 1993-11-18
Resigned
BINKS, Allan William Spence→
director · ~85y · resigned 1995-06-29
Resigned
CARDLE, David Anthony→
director · ~76y · appointed 1992-11-26 · resigned 1996-12-31
Resigned
DOUGHTY, Joanna Marie→
director · ~51y · appointed 2019-08-22 · resigned 2019-08-27
Resigned
ELDRIDGE, John Ashley→
director · ~100y · resigned 1992-05-07
Resigned
HATCHARD, Frederick Alan→
director · ~85y · resigned 1993-12-31
Resigned
HODGES, John→
director · ~80y · appointed 2004-07-06 · resigned 2021-02-26
Resigned
MERRY, John Charles→
director · ~65y · appointed 1998-08-15 · resigned 2004-07-06
Resigned
NUTTALL, Philip James→
director · ~75y · appointed 1998-08-15 · resigned 2004-07-06
Resigned
PAINTER, James→
director · ~83y · appointed 1998-03-19 · resigned 1998-08-15
Resigned
SHUTER, Adam John→
director · ~68y · appointed 1998-08-15 · resigned 2004-02-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Full mortgage debenture1 property26/05/198930/06/1994
satisfied
Investors in Industry .
Investors in Industry PLC.
Legal charge1 property14/03/198429/06/1988
outstanding
Williams & Glyn's Bank .
Williams & Glyn's Bank Limited.
Debenture1 property15/12/1980—
satisfied
Industrial & Commercial Finance Corporation .
Industrial & Commercial Finance Corporation Limited.
Collateral debenture1 property15/12/198029/06/1988
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Recent filings (164 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-04-01