AUTOCOM U.K. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01725016 · ltd · incorporated 1983-05-20

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

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 40.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Security dealing on own account

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 40.7y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 40.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

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

Directors & officers

5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

92 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	400	400

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-09-25
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2022-09-07
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2021-09-09
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2020-12-09
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2020-03-19
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officers · AP01
2020-03-19
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2020-03-16
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GRIFFITHS, Edward Peter appointed
director
2020-03-16
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GRIFFITHS, Robert Mark appointed
director
2019-09-17
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2018-09-19
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2017-09-13
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2016-09-12
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2016-05-12
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2015-09-28
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2015-04-30
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1985-09-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Investors in Industry PLC.
1983-05-20
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Company incorporated
As AUTOCOM U.K. LIMITED

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — 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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Christopher Griffiths Individual · British · DOB 01/1946 · age 80	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1983-05-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account

Registered office

Crown Chambers

Bridge Street

Salisbury

SP1 2LZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-08

Last: 2026-04-24

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

GRIFFITHS, Susan Mary→

secretary

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GRIFFITHS, Edward Peter→

director · ~47y · appointed 2020-03-16

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GRIFFITHS, Michael Christopher→

director · ~80y

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GRIFFITHS, Robert Mark→

director · ~52y · appointed 2020-03-16

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GRIFFITHS, Susan Mary→

director · ~86y

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Investors in Industry . Investors in Industry PLC.	Collateral debenture	1 property	10/09/1985	—

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