AUTOCENTRES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03943844 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-06
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 25.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). 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 25.1y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.1 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 (78/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees3900-1800

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-09
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  3. 2024-04-30
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  4. 2023-04-12
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  5. 2022-02-22
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  6. 2021-03-02
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  7. 2020-05-20
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  8. 2020-03-18
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  9. 2020-03-18
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  10. 2020-03-18
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    officers · CH03
  11. 2019-05-30
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  12. 2018-06-05
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  13. 2017-05-26
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  14. 2016-05-31
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  15. 2016-04-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-09-26
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  17. 2013-03-01
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    RICHARDSON, Alexander Edward appointed
    director
  18. 2007-08-31
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    CARLSON, Colin resigned
    director
  19. 2007-08-31
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    CARLSON, Evelyn Ann resigned
    director
  20. 2002-06-01
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    CARLSON, Colin appointed
    director
  21. 2002-05-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2001-05-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  23. 2000-03-06
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTOCENTRES LIMITED
  24. 2000-03-06
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    GRAY, Marija appointed
    secretary
  25. 2000-03-06
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    GRAY, Jeffrey Mark Anthony appointed
    director
  26. 2000-03-06
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    GRAY, Marija appointed
    director
  27. 2000-03-06
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    CARLSON, Evelyn Ann appointed
    director

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Mrs Marija Gray
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/03/2017
Mr Jeffrey Mark Anthony Gray
Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/03/2017

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
Incorporated2000-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Autocentres Limited
Ty Coch Way
Cwmbran
Gwent
NP44 7EZ
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

GRAY, Marija→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-06
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Active
GRAY, Jeffrey Mark Anthony→
director · ~64y · appointed 2000-03-06
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Active
GRAY, Marija→
director · ~71y · appointed 2000-03-06
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Active
RICHARDSON, Alexander Edward→
director · ~52y · appointed 2013-03-01
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Active
CARLSON, Colin→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-06-01 · resigned 2007-08-31
Resigned
CARLSON, Evelyn Ann→
director · ~74y · appointed 2000-03-06 · resigned 2007-08-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property26/09/2014—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property28/05/2002—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property22/05/2001—
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Recent filings (67 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
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accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
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accounts · AA
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-03-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-03-18