AUTOLUX LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01528437 · ltd · incorporated 1980-11-17
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
£604.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 27900
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £604,531
Net assets shrinking
Down £82,599 YoY
Cash YoY
-12%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£543k
↓ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£605k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£787k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£177k£353k£530k£707k£883kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£604.5k£687.1k
Current assets£786.6k£883.4k
Cash£543.5k£616.0k
Debtors£128.1k£228.4k
Net assets£604.5k£687.1k

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-24
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-30
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  3. 2023-08-15
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  4. 2023-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-06
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  6. 2021-07-01
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-03
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  9. 2019-10-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2019-07-26
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-24
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-09-25
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-09-09
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2010-04-01
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    MINNITHORPE, Lynne appointed
    director
  15. 2009-10-25
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    MINNITHORPE, Trevor resigned
    secretary
  16. 2009-10-25
    ➖
    MINNITHORPE, Trevor resigned
    director
  17. 2001-08-11
    ➖
    MINNITHORPE, Catherine Ann resigned
    director
  18. 1994-06-30
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    MINNITHORPE, Mark Jason appointed
    director
  19. 1994-06-30
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    WILKINSON, Margaret resigned
    director
  20. 1993-08-27
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    MINNITHORPE, Trevor appointed
    secretary
  21. 1993-08-27
    ➖
    WILKINSON, Roy resigned
    secretary
  22. 1993-08-27
    ➖
    WILKINSON, Roy resigned
    director
  23. 1980-11-17
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTOLUX LIMITED

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

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
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 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Jason Minnithorpe
Individual · British · DOB 03/1970 · age 56
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Lynne Minnithorpe
Individual · British · DOB 12/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1980-11-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC27900 — SIC 27900

Registered office

Sizers Court
Henshaw Lane
Yeadon
Leeds
LS19 7DP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-21
Last: 2025-06-07

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

MINNITHORPE, Lynne→
director · ~57y · appointed 2010-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MINNITHORPE, Mark Jason→
director · ~56y · appointed 1994-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MINNITHORPE, Trevor→
secretary · appointed 1993-08-27 · resigned 2009-10-25
Resigned
WILKINSON, Roy→
secretary · resigned 1993-08-27
Resigned
MINNITHORPE, Catherine Ann→
director · ~78y · resigned 2001-08-11
Resigned
MINNITHORPE, Trevor→
director · ~77y · resigned 2009-10-25
Resigned
WILKINSON, Margaret→
director · ~83y · resigned 1994-06-30
Resigned
WILKINSON, Roy→
director · resigned 1993-08-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (100 total)

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2025-06-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-22