ALTRINCHAM AUTOTECNIC CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02977555 · ltd · incorporated 1994-10-11
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 31.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 65). 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 · 2 lenders · oldest 31.1y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 31.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
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
94 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.

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees700800

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-04-06
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    BROOKE, Christopher Ryan appointed
    director
  8. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-02
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2019-04-01
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    capital · SH01
  12. 2019-04-01
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    capital · SH08
  13. 2019-03-12
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2019-03-05
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    WALLER, John Davidson resigned
    director
  15. 2018-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-09-22
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2018-09-20
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    WALLER, John Davidson appointed
    director
  18. 2017-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-02-27
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  20. 2017-02-27
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    Charge satisfied #2
  21. 2014-02-14
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    CROWE, Andrew John appointed
    secretary
  22. 2013-10-25
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    BROWNSON, Christopher Stephen resigned
    director
  23. 2013-04-06
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    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 2013-04-02
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    BROWNSON, Susan Ann resigned
    secretary
  25. 2013-04-02
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    BROWNSON, Susan Ann resigned
    director
  26. 2013-03-31
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Andrew Crowe and John Waller
  27. 2013-03-07
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    BROOKE, Stephen appointed
    director
  28. 2013-03-07
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    CROWE, Andrew John appointed
    director
  29. 1995-04-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  30. 1994-10-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ALTRINCHAM AUTOTECNIC CENTRE LIMITED
  31. 1994-10-11
    ➕
    BROWNSON, Susan Ann appointed
    secretary
  32. 1994-10-11
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1994-10-11
    ➕
    BROWNSON, Christopher Stephen appointed
    director
  34. 1994-10-11
    ➕
    BROWNSON, Susan Ann appointed
    director
  35. 1994-10-11
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 1994-10-10
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 1994-10-10
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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 Stephen Brooke
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares04/10/2016
Mr Andrew John Crowe
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares04/10/2016

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

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7 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
Incorporated1994-10-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Autotecnic Moss Lane
Hale
Altrincham
Cheshire
WA15 8BA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

CROWE, Andrew John→
secretary · appointed 2014-02-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROOKE, Christopher Ryan→
director · ~34y · appointed 2021-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROOKE, Stephen→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROWE, Andrew John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2013-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWNSON, Susan Ann→
secretary · appointed 1994-10-11 · resigned 2013-04-02
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-10-10 · resigned 1994-10-11
Resigned
BROWNSON, Christopher Stephen→
director · ~96y · appointed 1994-10-11 · resigned 2013-10-25
Resigned
BROWNSON, Susan Ann→
director · ~95y · appointed 1994-10-11 · resigned 2013-04-02
Resigned
WALLER, John Davidson→
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-09-20 · resigned 2019-03-05
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-10-10 · resigned 1994-10-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Andrew Crowe and John Waller
Debenture1 property31/03/201327/02/2017
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property19/04/199506/04/2013

Recent filings (94 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-05