ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY OWNERS CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01139966 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1973-10-16

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 30.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

94990Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 30.2y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 30.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

51 officers (6 active, 51 linked, 41 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

208 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	100	100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (105 events)Click to expand

2026-03-27
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SHEPPARD, Peter resigned
director
2026-03-27
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officers · TM01
2026-02-02
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officers · AP01
2026-01-31
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WHITE, David appointed
director
2025-12-03
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officers · AP01
2025-08-30
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officers · CH01
2025-07-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
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SALTER, David Arthur appointed
director
2025-01-24
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-01-11
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ASTLEY, Graham resigned
secretary
2024-07-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-16
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officers · TM01
2024-07-16
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accounts · AA
2024-07-12
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LYNAM, Ian resigned
director
2024-07-12
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POINTON, James Trevor resigned
director
2023-07-27
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accounts · AA
2022-12-14
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address · AD01
2022-07-18
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accounts · AA
2021-11-21
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officers · TM01
2021-11-21
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officers · TM01
2021-11-16
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DUTTON, Edgar Stephen resigned
director
2021-11-12
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LEIGHTON-BOYCE, Ian resigned
director
2021-10-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
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2021-09-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-21
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2021-09-21
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accounts · AA
2021-09-19
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COOMBS, Paul Hadyn Davies resigned
director
2021-09-19
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LYNAM, Ian appointed
director
2021-06-30
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PEARSON, Peter Stanley resigned
director
2019-07-12
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BRABAN, Andrew Mark appointed
director
2019-07-12
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LEIGHTON-BOYCE, Ian appointed
director
2019-07-12
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POTTER, George David resigned
director
2019-04-13
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ASTLEY, Graham appointed
secretary
2018-12-01
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ASTLEY, Graham resigned
secretary
2018-07-07
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WEST, Andrew John appointed
director
2017-07-08
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COOMBS, Paul Hadyn Davies appointed
director
2017-02-11
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ASTLEY, Graham appointed
secretary
2017-02-11
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WATERS, John Weston resigned
secretary
2015-10-25
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COOMBS, Paul Hadya Davies resigned
secretary
2015-10-25
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WATERS, John Weston appointed
secretary
2015-10-25
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COOMBS, Paul Hadya Davies resigned
director
2014-10-26
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PEARSON, Peter Stanley appointed
director
2013-10-20
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CARTER, Mark Roderick resigned
director
2013-02-16
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CARTER, Mark Roderick resigned
secretary
2013-02-16
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COOMBS, Paul Hadya Davies appointed
secretary
2012-10-21
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DEWHURST, Keith Richard appointed
director
2012-10-21
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BRENCHLEY, William Ian resigned
director
2012-10-21
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COOMBS, Paul Hadya Davies appointed
director
2012-10-21
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PINNER, John Masterson resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 105 events

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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

clean

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1973-10-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

Unit 1 Pentre Industrial Estate

Pentre

Shrewsbury

SY4 1BP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-18

Last: 2026-03-04