AUTAC PRODUCTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00830676 · ltd · incorporated 1964-12-10
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
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 27320
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 11 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

9 live charges · 8 lenders · oldest 45.6y

35/100
too messy

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 45.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 8 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
75
Lenders & charges
9 charges (9/9 with lender, 9/9 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
131 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees37004000

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 (47 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-22
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  6. 2022-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-01
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2019-08-01
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    Charge satisfied #8
  12. 2019-07-17
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2019-07-03
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  14. 2019-02-28
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2019-02-28
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    Charge satisfied #6
  16. 2018-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-07-04
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2017-07-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  19. 2017-01-14
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    Charge satisfied #7
  20. 2017-01-13
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2016-08-31
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    PEARCE, Simon Dewar resigned
    director
  22. 2016-06-23
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    Charge satisfied #5
  23. 2016-03-01
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  24. 2016-02-26
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    LOWE, Sallie Louise appointed
    secretary
  25. 2016-02-26
    ➕
    LOWE, David Norman appointed
    director
  26. 2016-02-26
    ➕
    LOWE, Sallie Louise appointed
    director
  27. 2016-02-26
    ➖
    PEARCE, Elizabeth Lilian Jane resigned
    secretary
  28. 2016-02-26
    ➖
    PEARCE, Elizabeth Lilian Jane resigned
    director
  29. 2016-02-26
    ➖
    PHILLIPS, Susan Fiona resigned
    director
  30. 2016-02-26
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Michael David Greig as Trustee of the George Greig and Anne Mavis Greig Settlement
  31. 2016-02-26
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Michael David Greig as Trustee of the George Greig and Anne Mavis Settlement
  32. 2015-06-22
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    Charge satisfied #4
  33. 2012-02-20
    ➖
    GREIG, Anne Mavis resigned
    secretary
  34. 2012-02-20
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    PEARCE, Elizabeth Lilian Jane appointed
    secretary
  35. 2012-02-20
    ➖
    GREIG, Anne Mavis resigned
    director
  36. 2007-09-26
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    Charge satisfied #3
  37. 2007-09-26
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  38. 2001-07-23
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    GREIG, George resigned
    director
  39. 1997-10-30
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    Charge satisfied #1
  40. 1994-09-01
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    PEARCE, Elizabeth Lilian Jane appointed
    director
  41. 1994-09-01
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Susan Fiona appointed
    director
  42. 1993-09-17
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    PEARCE, Simon Dewar appointed
    director
  43. 1983-11-07
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Williams & Glyns Bank PLC.
  44. 1982-05-13
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Williams & Glyns Bank PLC.
  45. 1982-04-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Williams & Glyn's Bank PLC.
  46. 1980-12-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Williams & Glyn's Bank Limited.
  47. 1964-12-10
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTAC PRODUCTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 62 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Bollin Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bollin Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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AUTAC PRODUCTS LIMITED
This company · 00830676

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
Bollin Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1964-12-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC27320 — SIC 27320

Registered office

Guildford House Heather Close
Lyme Green Business Park
Macclesfield
SK11 0LR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-25
Last: 2026-06-11

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

LOWE, Sallie Louise→
secretary · appointed 2016-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOWE, David Norman→
director · ~58y · appointed 2016-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOWE, Sallie Louise→
director · ~58y · appointed 2016-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREIG, Anne Mavis→
secretary · resigned 2012-02-20
Resigned
PEARCE, Elizabeth Lilian Jane→
secretary · appointed 2012-02-20 · resigned 2016-02-26
Resigned
GREIG, Anne Mavis→
director · ~96y · resigned 2012-02-20
Resigned
GREIG, George→
director · ~98y · resigned 2001-07-23
Resigned
PEARCE, Elizabeth Lilian Jane→
director · ~65y · appointed 1994-09-01 · resigned 2016-02-26
Resigned
PEARCE, Simon Dewar→
director · ~68y · appointed 1993-09-17 · resigned 2016-08-31
Resigned
PHILLIPS, Susan Fiona→
director · ~67y · appointed 1994-09-01 · resigned 2016-02-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

9
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:9 of 9 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—03/07/2019—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—13/01/201701/08/2019
satisfied
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
A registered charge—01/03/201614/01/2017
satisfied
Michael David Greig as Trustee of the George Greig and Anne Mavis Greig Settlement / Michael David Greig / Elizabeth Lilian Jane Pearce / Susan Fiona Phillips
A registered charge1 property26/02/201628/02/2019
satisfied
Michael David Greig as Trustee of the George Greig and Anne Mavis Settlement / Michael David Greig / Elizabeth Lilian Jane Pearce / Susan Fiona Phillips
A registered charge2 properties26/02/201623/06/2016
satisfied
Williams & Glyns Bank .
Williams & Glyns Bank PLC.
Legal charge1 property07/11/198322/06/2015
satisfied
Williams & Glyns Bank .
Williams & Glyns Bank PLC.
Charge1 property13/05/198226/09/2007
satisfied
Williams & Glyn's Bank .
Williams & Glyn's Bank PLC.
Charge1 property28/04/198226/09/2007
satisfied
Williams & Glyn's Bank .
Williams & Glyn's Bank Limited.
Debenture1 property23/12/198030/10/1997
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Recent filings (131 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2023-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-11