AUSTIN ROBERTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01255627 · ltd · incorporated 1976-04-23
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 3663
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (44/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (3 events)Click to expand
  1. 2017-11-15
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    restoration-order-of-court
    restoration · AC92
  2. 1987-01-01
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    selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1987
    historical · PRE87
  3. 1976-04-23
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    Company incorporated
    As AUSTIN ROBERTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ROBERTS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 50 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 1995-12-28

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1976-04-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC3663 — SIC 3663

Registered office

Tarran Way South
Tarran Way Indust Estate
Moreton
Merseyside
L46 4TP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 1995-12-28OVERDUE
Last made up to: 1994-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due:
Last:

Officers (6 active · 0 resigned)

ROBERTS, Austin Glyn
secretary
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Active
BOYD, Robert Victor
director · ~84y
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Active
ROBERTS, Austin Glyn
director · ~80y
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Active
ROBERTS, Lesley
director · ~83y
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Active
ROBERTS, Yvonne Marjorie
director · ~78y
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Active
STEPHENS, Bernard Frederick
director · ~75y
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Active

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Recent filings (2 total)

restoration-order-of-court
restoration · AC92
2017-11-15
selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1987
historical · PRE87
1987-01-01