AUTO SERVICE PLUS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04201951 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-19
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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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£0£94k£188k£283k£377k£471kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets—£416.2k
Current assets—£471.2k
Cash—£471.1k
Debtors—£152
Net assets—£416.2k
Average employees6—

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-04
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-09
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2024-02-29
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2024-02-28
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  9. 2024-01-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-01-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2022-01-13
    ➕
    GOODALL, Martyn appointed
    director
  14. 2021-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2004-12-07
    ➕
    DOCHERTY, Ann appointed
    director
  19. 2001-04-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AUTO SERVICE PLUS LIMITED
  20. 2001-04-19
    ➕
    DOCHERTY, Ann appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-04-19
    ➕
    DOCHERTY, John appointed
    director
  22. 2001-04-19
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-04-19
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-04-19
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2001-04-19
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 70 — 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 70 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Ann Docherty
Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares19/04/2017
Mr John Docherty
Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares19/04/2017

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
Incorporated2001-04-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

11 Broomhalls Croft
Alrewas
Burton-On-Trent
DE13 7FG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-03
Last: 2026-04-19

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

DOCHERTY, Ann→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-19
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Active
DOCHERTY, Ann→
director · ~67y · appointed 2004-12-07
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Active
DOCHERTY, John→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-04-19
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Active
GOODALL, Martyn→
director · ~51y · appointed 2022-01-13
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Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-04-19 · resigned 2001-04-19
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-04-19 · resigned 2001-04-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-05
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-04-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-02-29
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-02-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-28