AUTOSOUND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00839464 · ltd · incorporated 1965-03-02

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 Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46520

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 51). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

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Refinance opportunity

12 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 53.9y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 53.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 48/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

12 charges (12/12 with lender, 12/12 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

141 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	12	1200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 mortgage
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand

2026-04-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-08
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-08
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Charge satisfied #11
2026-02-13
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-02-12
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2025-12-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-07
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-04-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-06
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FERGUS, Lisa Jane appointed
director
2024-11-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-01
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-10-07
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-10-03
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ELLIS, Keith resigned
secretary
2024-10-03
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ELLIS, Deborah Jane resigned
director
2024-10-03
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ELLIS, Keith resigned
director
2024-10-03
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Praetura Commercial Finance Limited
2024-04-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-25
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ELLIS, Deborah Jane appointed
director
2021-05-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-06
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-01-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-02-28
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Charge satisfied #9
2016-05-25
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Charge satisfied #10
2016-01-14
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2012-06-01
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2010-11-27
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Charge satisfied #7
2010-11-27
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Charge satisfied #5
2010-11-27
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Charge satisfied #4
2010-03-27
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Charge satisfied #8
2008-01-29
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2004-04-07
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MILLINGTON, Neil Kenneth resigned
director
2003-01-01
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FERGUS, Lee David appointed
director
1995-04-13
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ELLIS, Keith appointed
secretary
1995-04-13
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MILLINGTON, Neil Kenneth resigned
secretary
1994-08-12
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BURNWELL, Alan resigned
director
1994-08-12
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ELLIS, Keith appointed
director
1994-02-17
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1993-05-08
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Charge satisfied #6
1993-05-08
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Charge satisfied #3
1993-05-08
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Charge satisfied #2
1993-05-08
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Charge satisfied #1
1990-01-30
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1985-05-01
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1985-05-01
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1985-05-01
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Charge registered #3
Lender: S I Properties Limited.

Showing most recent 50 of 53 events

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

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

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Autosound Holdings Ltd

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

ultimate parent

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AUTOSOUND LIMITED

This company · 00839464

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
Autosound Holdings Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/01/2020

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Keith Ellisceased 06/01/2020· significant influence
Mr Lee David Fergusceased 06/01/2020· significant influence

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

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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

Incorporated1965-03-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46520 — SIC 46520

Registered office

4 Lister Street

Bradford

West Yorkshire

BD4 9PQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-06

Last: 2025-12-23

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

FERGUS, Lee David→

director · ~51y · appointed 2003-01-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FERGUS, Lisa Jane→

director · ~47y · appointed 2025-04-06

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ELLIS, Keith→

secretary · appointed 1995-04-13 · resigned 2024-10-03

Resigned

MILLINGTON, Neil Kenneth→

secretary · resigned 1995-04-13

Resigned

BURNWELL, Alan→

director · ~88y · resigned 1994-08-12

Resigned

ELLIS, Deborah Jane→

director · ~58y · appointed 2021-05-25 · resigned 2024-10-03

Resigned

ELLIS, Keith→

director · ~63y · appointed 1994-08-12 · resigned 2024-10-03

Resigned

MILLINGTON, Neil Kenneth→

director · ~77y · resigned 2004-04-07

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:12 of 12 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	—	12/02/2026	—
satisfied	Praetura Commercial Finance Praetura Commercial Finance Limited	A registered charge	3 properties	03/10/2024	08/04/2026
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	14/01/2016	25/05/2016
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	01/06/2012	28/02/2019
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	29/01/2008	27/03/2010
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	17/02/1994	27/11/2010
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	30/01/1990	08/05/1993
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	01/05/1985	27/11/2010
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	01/05/1985	27/11/2010
satisfied	S I Properties . S I Properties Limited.	Legal charge	1 property	01/05/1985	08/05/1993
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Mortgage	1 property	21/08/1972	08/05/1993
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Mortgage	1 property	21/08/1972	08/05/1993

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Recent filings (141 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-09

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2026-04-08

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2026-02-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-23

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-12-17

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2025-08-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-04-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-06

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-11-01

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-11-01

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2024-11-01

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2024-10-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-04-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-29