AUTOMIC LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
04006314 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-02
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 45200SIC 45200
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 25.5y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 25.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
73 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 accountsCash
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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| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 100 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-27📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2013-04-30➖PITTAS, George Petros resignedsecretary
- 2007-05-18➕PITTAS, Petros appointeddirector
- 2007-05-18➕PITTAS, George Petros appointedsecretary
- 2007-05-18➖PITTAS, Petros resignedsecretary
- 2007-05-18➖STEPSKY, Stuart Norman resigneddirector
- 2000-11-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Cyprus Popular Bank LTD
- 2000-06-08➕PITTAS, Petros appointedsecretary
- 2000-06-08➖WHBC NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-06-08➕STEPSKY, Stuart Norman appointeddirector
- 2000-06-08➖WHBC NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2000-06-02🏢Company incorporatedAs AUTOMIC LIMITED
- 2000-06-02➕WHBC NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-06-02➕WHBC NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Petros Pittas Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| AUTOPARTS (MOTOR FACTORS) LIMITED→ 01086287 · est 1972 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 53y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-06-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112
Registered office
72 Fielding Road
London
W4 1DB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-16
Last: 2026-06-02
Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)
PITTAS, Petros→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2007-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PITTAS, George Petros→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-05-18 · resigned 2013-04-30
PITTAS, Petros→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2000-06-08 · resigned 2007-05-18
WHBC NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-06-02 · resigned 2000-06-08
STEPSKY, Stuart Norman→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 2000-06-08 · resigned 2007-05-18
WHBC NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-06-02 · resigned 2000-06-08
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | The Cyprus Popular Bank The Cyprus Popular Bank LTD | Debenture | 1 property | 27/11/2000 | — |
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Recent filings (73 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-24