AUDITORIA SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01343514 · ltd · incorporated 1977-12-12
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
£1.93M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28940
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 31090Manufacture of other furniture
- 32990Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -38% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 37.8y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 37.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,929,344
Cash YoY
-38%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£272k
↓ 38% YoY
Net Worth
£1.9m
↑ 5.7% YoY
Current Assets
£2.1m
↑ 4.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.08M | £2.14M |
| Current assets | £2.08M | £1.99M |
| Cash | £272.1k | £441.7k |
| Debtors | £1.53M | £1.27M |
| Net assets | £1.93M | £1.82M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-04-12📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-03-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-13🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2015-01-15➕PENISTONE HAMSHAW, Joanne appointedsecretary
- 2015-01-15➕PENISTONE, John James appointeddirector
- 2015-01-15➕PENISTONE HAMSHAW, Joanne appointeddirector
- 2015-01-15➖PENISTONE, Joan resignedsecretary
- 2012-05-04🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1988-09-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1977-12-12🏢Company incorporatedAs AUDITORIA SERVICES LIMITED
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
75/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Alfred Penistone Individual · British · DOB 04/1944 · age 82 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1977-12-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28940 — SIC 28940
Registered office
Denby Way Hellaby Industrial Estate
Hellaby
Rotherham
S66 8HR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31
Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)
PENISTONE HAMSHAW, Joanne→
Activesecretary · appointed 2015-01-15
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Active
PENISTONE, John James→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2015-01-15
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Active
PENISTONE HAMSHAW, Joanne→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2015-01-15
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PENISTONE, Joan→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2015-01-15
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 04/05/2012 | 13/03/2017 | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 30/09/1988 | — |
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Recent filings (106 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-13
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-04-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27