AUTO ELECTRICAL SERVICES (LEIGHTON BUZZARD) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02740336 · ltd · incorporated 1992-08-17
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£542
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 32.8y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 3 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
97 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £542
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£542
~ YoY
Net Worth
£542
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£108£217£325£434£542Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£542£542
Cash£542£542
Net assets£542£542

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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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-09-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-09-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-04
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2018-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-03
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2017-11-10
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2017-11-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2017-09-19
    ➖
    STANSFIELD, Anthony resigned
    director
  18. 2013-08-17
    ➕
    INDIGO SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2013-08-17
    ➖
    STANSFIELD, Pamela resigned
    secretary
  20. 2013-08-17
    ➖
    STANSFIELD, Stewart Douglas resigned
    secretary
  21. 1997-05-01
    ➕
    STANSFIELD, Stewart Douglas appointed
    secretary
  22. 1996-09-01
    ➕
    STANSFIELD, Pamela appointed
    secretary
  23. 1996-09-01
    ➖
    NORTHLAND SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1993-09-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  25. 1993-03-22
    ➕
    STANSFIELD, Stewart Douglas appointed
    director
  26. 1993-03-22
    ➖
    HENNEN, Nicola resigned
    director
  27. 1992-09-01
    ➕
    STANSFIELD, Anthony appointed
    director
  28. 1992-08-17
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTO ELECTRICAL SERVICES (LEIGHTON BUZZARD) LIMITED
  29. 1992-08-17
    ➕
    NORTHLAND SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 1992-08-17
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1992-08-17
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1992-08-17
    ➕
    HENNEN, Nicola appointed
    director
  33. 1992-08-17
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 1992-08-17
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Natalie Stansfield
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting01/07/2016
Mr Richard James Stansfield
Individual · British · DOB 12/1972 · age 54
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting01/07/2016
Mr Stewart Douglas Stansfield
Individual · British · DOB 05/1947 · age 79
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Anthony Stansfieldceased 19/09/2017· significant influence

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-08-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

3 Kensworth Gate
200-204 High Street South
Dunstable
Bedfordshire
LU6 3HS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last: 2025-08-17

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

INDIGO SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-08-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STANSFIELD, Stewart Douglas→
director · ~79y · appointed 1993-03-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STANSFIELD, Pamela→
secretary · appointed 1996-09-01 · resigned 2013-08-17
Resigned
STANSFIELD, Stewart Douglas→
secretary · appointed 1997-05-01 · resigned 2013-08-17
Resigned
NORTHLAND SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1992-08-17 · resigned 1996-09-01
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-08-17 · resigned 1992-08-17
Resigned
HENNEN, Nicola→
director · ~61y · appointed 1992-08-17 · resigned 1993-03-22
Resigned
STANSFIELD, Anthony→
director · ~77y · appointed 1992-09-01 · resigned 2017-09-19
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-08-17 · resigned 1992-08-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Single debenture1 property13/09/1993—
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Recent filings (97 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24