AUTOLINK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03357535 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-22
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£245.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
85 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 £245,292

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£140k
Net Worth
£245k
Current Assets
£336k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£258.8k
Current assets£336.1k
Cash£140.1k
Debtors£12.0k
Net assets£245.3k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 3 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-12
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-12-23
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    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-11-27
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-02
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-23
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  9. 2021-12-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2021-03-17
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-04
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  12. 2020-01-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2019-12-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2018-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-23
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    officers · CH03
  16. 2018-04-19
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  17. 2018-04-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 1997-04-22
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTOLINK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  19. 1997-04-22
    ➕
    HILL, Lesley appointed
    secretary
  20. 1997-04-22
    ➕
    HILL, Leslie Brian appointed
    director
  21. 1997-04-22
    ➕
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1997-04-22
    ➖
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1997-04-22
    ➕
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1997-04-22
    ➖
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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 Leslie Brian Hill
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control01/07/2016
Mrs Lesley Hill
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1997-04-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Five Oak Green Road
Five Oak Green
Tonbridge
Kent
TN12 6RE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HILL, Lesley→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HILL, Leslie Brian→
director · ~64y · appointed 1997-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-22 · resigned 1997-04-22
Resigned
FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-04-22 · resigned 1997-04-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (85 total)

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accounts · AA01
2026-02-12
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2025-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-17