AUTOSAVE (PONTEFRACT) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03525716 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-11

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 54). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 20.6y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 20.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

74 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-28
Total assets	—	£461.5k
Current assets	—	£577.0k
Net assets	—	£461.5k
Average employees	400	—

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-11-28
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2024-11-29
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accounts · AA
2023-11-30
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accounts · AA
2022-11-30
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accounts · AA
2021-11-30
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accounts · AA
2021-02-26
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accounts · AA
2019-11-28
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accounts · AA
2018-11-16
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accounts · AA
2018-11-15
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mortgage · MR04
2018-11-15
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mortgage · MR04
2018-11-15
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Charge satisfied #2
2018-11-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2018-11-14
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mortgage · MR05
2018-11-14
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mortgage · MR05
2017-11-23
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accounts · AA
2017-03-29
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BROOKE, Derek resigned
secretary
2017-03-29
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BROOKE, Derek resigned
director
2017-03-29
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officers · TM01
2017-03-29
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officers · TM02
2014-12-15
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BELFORD, Daniel James appointed
director
2005-12-09
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2005-12-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
1998-03-11
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Company incorporated
As AUTOSAVE (PONTEFRACT) LIMITED
1998-03-11
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PONSONBY, Allan Dennis appointed
director
1998-03-11
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BROOKE, Derek appointed
secretary
1998-03-11
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SCOTT, Stephen John appointed
nominee-secretary
1998-03-11
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SCOTT, Stephen John resigned
nominee-secretary
1998-03-11
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BROOKE, Derek appointed
director
1998-03-11
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SCOTT, Jacqueline appointed
nominee-director
1998-03-11
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SCOTT, Jacqueline resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100

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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-03-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Wakefield Road Garage

Wakefield Road

Pontefract

West Yorkshire

WF8 4HN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-25

Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BELFORD, Daniel James→

director · ~51y · appointed 2014-12-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PONSONBY, Allan Dennis→

director · ~54y · appointed 1998-03-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BROOKE, Derek→

secretary · appointed 1998-03-11 · resigned 2017-03-29

Resigned

SCOTT, Stephen John→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-11 · resigned 1998-03-11

Resigned

BROOKE, Derek→

director · ~73y · appointed 1998-03-11 · resigned 2017-03-29

Resigned

SCOTT, Jacqueline→

nominee-director · ~75y · appointed 1998-03-11 · resigned 1998-03-11

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Mortgage	1 property	09/12/2005	15/11/2018
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Mortgage	1 property	09/12/2005	15/11/2018