AUTOMANIA (SOUTH WEST) LTD

🌳Matureactive

02258055 · ltd · incorporated 1988-05-13

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 37.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2026

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 37.7y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 37.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Average employees	900	900

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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-03-18
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2025-03-18
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2024-02-29
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2023-03-15
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2022-02-24
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accounts · AA
2021-02-24
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accounts · AA
2020-03-01
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accounts · AA
2019-05-23
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accounts · AA
2018-08-25
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mortgage · MR04
2018-08-25
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mortgage · MR04
2018-08-25
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Charge satisfied #2
2018-08-25
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Charge satisfied #1
2018-05-01
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accounts · AA
2018-01-02
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capital · SH08
2018-01-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2018-01-02
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change-of-constitution · CC04
2017-02-10
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accounts · AA
2017-02-10
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officers · TM02
2017-01-31
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TANNER, Anthony Bernard resigned
secretary
2015-09-29
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TANNER, Steven appointed
director
2010-01-31
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CUTTER, John Nicholas Anthony resigned
director
2010-01-31
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CUTTER, Judith resigned
director
1994-02-17
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1988-10-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1988-05-13
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Company incorporated
As AUTOMANIA (SOUTH WEST) LTD

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Malcolm John Tanner Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	04/10/2016

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

Incorporated1988-05-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

30 Berrow Road

Burnham On Sea

Somerset

TA8 2EX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-17

Last: 2025-10-03

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

TANNER, Angela Judith→

director · ~61y

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Active

TANNER, Malcolm John→

director · ~64y

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Active

TANNER, Steven→

director · ~32y · appointed 2015-09-29

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Active

TANNER, Anthony Bernard→

secretary · resigned 2017-01-31

Resigned

CUTTER, John Nicholas Anthony→

director · ~85y · resigned 2010-01-31

Resigned

CUTTER, Judith→

director · ~85y · resigned 2010-01-31

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Charge	2 properties	17/02/1994	25/08/2018
	satisfied	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Fixed and floating charge	1 property	28/10/1988	25/08/2018