AUTOROLA LTD

🌳Matureactive
03372055 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-16
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 28.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.5y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
28 officers (3 active, 28 linked, 19 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
141 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,892,776

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£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Profit before tax£1.89M£2.08M
Average employees797200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (72 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
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  2. 2025-04-16
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  3. 2025-02-25
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  4. 2025-01-13
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  5. 2024-12-31
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    MITCHELL, Jonathan Scott resigned
    director
  6. 2024-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-01
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    LARSEN, Peter Bisgaard resigned
    director
  13. 2021-02-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2020-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-11
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  16. 2018-02-19
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  17. 2017-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  18. 2015-08-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  19. 2015-03-19
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2014-09-10
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    LARSEN, Peter Bisgaard appointed
    director
  21. 2014-09-10
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    MOLTRUP, Claus Andresen resigned
    director
  22. 2012-12-10
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    FROST, Neil David appointed
    director
  23. 2012-12-10
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    MITCHELL, Jonathan Scott appointed
    director
  24. 2009-04-18
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    CROCKER, Michael resigned
    director
  25. 2009-04-18
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    HAWKINS, Mark Richard resigned
    director
  26. 2009-02-03
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    MOLTRUP, Claus Andresen appointed
    director
  27. 2009-02-03
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    PERSSON, Erik resigned
    director
  28. 2007-07-01
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    HAWKINS, Mark Richard appointed
    director
  29. 2007-07-01
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    PERSSON, Erik appointed
    director
  30. 2006-07-31
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    GROFTEHAUGE, Peter appointed
    secretary
  31. 2006-07-31
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    GROFTEHAUGE, Peter appointed
    director
  32. 2006-07-31
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    HALCO SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  33. 2006-07-31
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    CROCKER, Michael appointed
    director
  34. 2006-07-31
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    FLEISCHHAUER, Todd Barry resigned
    director
  35. 2006-07-31
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    POLK, Stephen Roland resigned
    director
  36. 2006-07-31
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    RAWLS, Kendra Lynn resigned
    director
  37. 2006-07-31
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    WALKER, Joseph Vincent resigned
    director
  38. 2006-01-03
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    HALCO SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  39. 2005-11-18
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    TUTT, Anne Catherine resigned
    secretary
  40. 2005-11-18
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    TUTT, Anne Catherine resigned
    director
  41. 2005-11-15
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    FLEISCHHAUER, Todd Barry appointed
    director
  42. 2005-11-15
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    RAWLS, Kendra Lynn appointed
    director
  43. 2004-12-17
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    TUTT, Anne Catherine appointed
    secretary
  44. 2004-12-17
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    WARREN, Louise Ann resigned
    secretary
  45. 2004-08-18
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    EGGLESTON, Philip Andrew resigned
    director
  46. 2004-08-18
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    WADE, Malcolm Stewart resigned
    director
  47. 2004-08-02
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    WALKER, Joseph Vincent appointed
    director
  48. 2004-03-31
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    BUSBY, Terence John resigned
    director
  49. 2003-10-20
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    TUTT, Anne Catherine appointed
    director
  50. 2003-04-01
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    EGGLESTON, Philip Andrew appointed
    director
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Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Groftehauge
Individual · Danish · DOB 11/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/05/2017

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-05-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Oakfield House
Tytherington Business Park
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK10 2XA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-27
Last: 2026-05-13

Officers (3 active · 25 resigned)

GROFTEHAUGE, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-31
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Active
FROST, Neil David→
director · ~49y · appointed 2012-12-10
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Active
GROFTEHAUGE, Peter→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEACON, David Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2002-01-14 · resigned 2002-08-30
Resigned
KERR, James Thompson→
secretary · appointed 1997-05-16 · resigned 2000-11-13
Resigned
MAGRATH, Patrick Edward→
secretary · appointed 2000-11-13 · resigned 2001-07-20
Resigned
SMITH, Philip John→
secretary · appointed 2001-07-20 · resigned 2002-01-14
Resigned
TUTT, Anne Catherine→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-17 · resigned 2005-11-18
Resigned
WARREN, Louise Ann→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-30 · resigned 2004-12-17
Resigned
HALCO SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-01-03 · resigned 2006-07-31
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-05-16 · resigned 1997-05-16
Resigned
BUSBY, Terence John→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2004-03-31
Resigned
CROCKER, Michael→
director · ~71y · appointed 2006-07-31 · resigned 2009-04-18
Resigned
EGGLESTON, Philip Andrew→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2004-08-18
Resigned
FLEISCHHAUER, Todd Barry→
director · ~57y · appointed 2005-11-15 · resigned 2006-07-31
Resigned
HAWKINS, Mark Richard→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-07-01 · resigned 2009-04-18
Resigned
KERR, James Thompson→
director · ~71y · appointed 1997-05-16 · resigned 2002-07-31
Resigned
LARSEN, Peter Bisgaard→
director · ~50y · appointed 2014-09-10 · resigned 2021-02-01
Resigned
MITCHELL, Jonathan Scott→
director · ~52y · appointed 2012-12-10 · resigned 2024-12-31
Resigned
MOLTRUP, Claus Andresen→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-02-03 · resigned 2014-09-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property21/08/2015—
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Debenture1 property08/12/199719/03/2015
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Recent filings (141 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17