AUTOVIEW (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04140443 · ltd · incorporated 2001-01-12

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£17.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information technology service activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £17,704

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£18k

↑ 78% YoY

Current Assets

£254k

↓ 7.5% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£47.4k	£25.7k
Current assets	£253.6k	£274.2k
Net assets	£17.7k	£10.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-01-15
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HINDS, Walter Raymond resigned
director
2026-01-15
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officers · TM01
2025-09-24
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2024-09-24
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2023-09-20
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2022-09-28
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2021-09-22
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2020-11-02
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2019-09-24
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2018-09-26
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2017-10-18
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2016-09-30
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2016-02-08
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2015-10-01
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2015-02-05
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2014-09-30
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2008-12-03
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DUGGLEBY, Barry appointed
director
2001-01-13
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HINDS, Raymond Paul appointed
secretary
2001-01-13
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HINDS, Paul Peter appointed
director
2001-01-13
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HINDS, Raymond Paul appointed
director
2001-01-13
➖
POREMA LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2001-01-13
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HINDS, Walter Raymond appointed
director
2001-01-13
➖
KAVANAGH, Sean resigned
director
2001-01-12
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Company incorporated
As AUTOVIEW (UK) LIMITED
2001-01-12
➕
POREMA LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2001-01-12
➕
KAVANAGH, Sean 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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)

Group structure

Systems Design Software Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Systems Design Software Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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AUTOVIEW (UK) LIMITED

This company · 04140443

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Systems Design Software Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/01/2017

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

Incorporated2001-01-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Business & Innovation Centre

Wearfield Sunderland

Enterprise Park

Sunderland

SR5 2TA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-26

Last: 2026-01-12

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

HINDS, Raymond Paul→

secretary · appointed 2001-01-13

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Active

DUGGLEBY, Barry→

director · ~79y · appointed 2008-12-03

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Active

HINDS, Paul Peter→

director · ~67y · appointed 2001-01-13

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Active

HINDS, Raymond Paul→

director · ~69y · appointed 2001-01-13

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Active

POREMA LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-01-12 · resigned 2001-01-13

Resigned

HINDS, Walter Raymond→

director · ~73y · appointed 2001-01-13 · resigned 2026-01-15

Resigned

KAVANAGH, Sean→

director · ~63y · appointed 2001-01-12 · resigned 2001-01-13

Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-20

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officers · TM01

2026-01-15