AUTARKY GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03406331 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-21
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 28.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28290
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 28930SIC 28930
  • 28990SIC 28990
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.7y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
88 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.

Key financials

1 year 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 · FRS 102
Metric2024-06-30
Average employees0

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-09
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  11. 2018-04-30
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  12. 2018-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-07-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-07-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-08-17
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2002-10-13
    ➕
    NORTH, Donald Richard appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-10-13
    ➖
    NORTH, Ann Violet resigned
    secretary
  20. 2001-07-18
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2000-09-25
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  22. 1997-10-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  23. 1997-07-21
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTARKY GROUP LIMITED
  24. 1997-07-21
    ➕
    NORTH, Bradley James appointed
    director
  25. 1997-07-21
    ➕
    NORTH, Donald Richard appointed
    director
  26. 1997-07-21
    ➕
    NORTH, Stuart Richard appointed
    director
  27. 1997-07-21
    ➕
    NORTH, Ann Violet appointed
    secretary
  28. 1997-07-21
    ➕
    ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1997-07-21
    ➖
    ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Bradley James North
Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Stuart Richard North
Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Donald Richard Northceased 30/07/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1997-07-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28290 — SIC 28290

Registered office

16 Charlwoods Place
East Grinstead
West Sussex
RH19 2HY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

NORTH, Donald Richard→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-13
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Active
NORTH, Bradley James→
director · ~60y · appointed 1997-07-21
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Active
NORTH, Donald Richard→
director · ~89y · appointed 1997-07-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NORTH, Stuart Richard→
director · ~58y · appointed 1997-07-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NORTH, Ann Violet→
secretary · appointed 1997-07-21 · resigned 2002-10-13
Resigned
ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-21 · resigned 1997-07-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property17/08/2007—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property25/09/2000—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property02/10/199718/07/2001
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Recent filings (88 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-23