AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SYSTEMS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
04208107 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-30
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.53M
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
5 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 23.6y
15/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
96 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,527,668
Cash draining
Cash down 50% YoY
Cash YoY
-50%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£13k
↓ 50% YoY
Net Worth
£1.5m
↑ 2.5% YoY
Current Assets
£2.1m
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.20M | £2.28M |
| Current assets | £2.13M | £2.40M |
| Cash | £12.9k | £26.0k |
| Debtors | £1.88M | £2.12M |
| Net assets | £1.53M | £1.49M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-15📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2023-11-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-11-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-11-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-06-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-10📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2022-11-10📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2022-11-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-11-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-08📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2022-09-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-09-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-09-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-06🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2015-10-30🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Funding Knight Services Limited (As Trustee for the Secured Parties)
- 2015-06-29🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
- 2010-06-29🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2010-05-17🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2006-07-28🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Rbs If Limited
- 2002-12-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Mkt Properties Limited
- 2001-04-30🏢Company incorporatedAs AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SYSTEMS LIMITED
- 2001-04-30➕ASPIRATIONS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2001-04-30➕PATTERSON, Andrew Stuart appointeddirector
- 2001-04-30➕THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-04-30➖THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-04-30➕THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2001-04-30➖THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
85/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
75/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Automotive Group Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Automotive Group Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SYSTEMS LIMITED
This company · 04208107
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Automotive Group Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Andrew Stuart Pattersonceased 08/11/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAMIR JAPAN MOTORS LTD→ 15137588 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ACE TYRES COMMERCIAL LTD→ 10512275 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ASHBURTON SERVICE CENTRE LTD→ 04033651 · est 2000 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 25y | — | — |
| ASP SHAREHOLDINGS LIMITED→ 12280506 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| AUTOMOTIVE PROPERTY GROUP LIMITED→ 08377750 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SYSTEMS (BOOTH) LIMITED→ 12218508 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SYSTEMS (PAINT) LIMITED→ 12218348 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SYSTEMS (WHEELS) LIMITED→ 12220223 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| AVAUTOPARTS LTD→ 11640035 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| AVENTA LTD→ 14638440 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| BEAUTY CARESS LTD→ 16398591 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BECKENHAM MOT LTD→ 07594657 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-04-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
Unit 1 Lower Hook Business Park Shire Lane
Downe
Orpington
Kent
BR6 7GZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-14
Last: 2026-04-30
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
ASPIRATIONS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2001-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PATTERSON, Andrew Stuart→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2001-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-04-30 · resigned 2001-04-30
THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-04-30 · resigned 2001-04-30
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Mortgages & charges
5
Total charges
3
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Funding Knight Services (As Trustee for the Secured Parties) Funding Knight Services Limited (As Trustee for the Secured Parties) | A registered charge | — | 30/10/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 29/06/2015 | — | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Fixed & floating charge | 1 property | 17/05/2010 | 06/04/2018 | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Rbs If Limited | Fixed and floating charge | 1 property | 28/07/2006 | 29/06/2010 | |
| outstanding | Mkt Properties Mkt Properties Limited | Rent deposit deed | 1 property | 20/12/2002 | — |
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Recent filings (96 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-11-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-11-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-06-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-06
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2022-11-10
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2022-11-10