AUTOMATION EXPERTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04211196 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-04
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 24.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
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
86 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees900900

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
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-05-30
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    change-person-director-company
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-05-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-18
    ➕
    LETTS, Ryan Frank appointed
    director
  10. 2022-05-18
    ➖
    HILL, Jenny resigned
    director
  11. 2022-05-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-05-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2022-05-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2022-05-17
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2022-05-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2021-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-10-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2019-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2009-11-28
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2005-05-14
    ➕
    HILL, Sharon Jacqueline appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-05-14
    ➖
    INMAN, Philip resigned
    secretary
  23. 2005-01-29
    ➕
    HILL, Jenny appointed
    director
  24. 2002-08-15
    ➖
    LEE, Kerry resigned
    director
  25. 2002-03-18
    ➕
    LEE, Kerry appointed
    director
  26. 2001-07-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  27. 2001-05-11
    ➖
    1ST CERT FORMATIONS LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-05-11
    ➖
    REPORTACTION LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2001-05-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AUTOMATION EXPERTS LIMITED
  30. 2001-05-04
    ➕
    HILL, Sharon Jacqueline appointed
    director
  31. 2001-05-04
    ➕
    INMAN, Philip appointed
    secretary
  32. 2001-05-04
    ➕
    1ST CERT FORMATIONS LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2001-05-04
    ➕
    1ST CERT FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  34. 2001-05-04
    ➖
    1ST CERT FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  35. 2001-05-04
    ➕
    REPORTACTION LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Sharon Jacqueline Hill
Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-05-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

No1, The Forum
Victoria Road
Shifnal
Shropshire
TF11 8FE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-18
Last: 2026-05-04

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

HILL, Sharon Jacqueline→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HILL, Sharon Jacqueline→
director · ~59y · appointed 2001-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LETTS, Ryan Frank→
director · ~30y · appointed 2022-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
INMAN, Philip→
secretary · appointed 2001-05-04 · resigned 2005-05-14
Resigned
1ST CERT FORMATIONS LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-05-04 · resigned 2001-05-11
Resigned
HILL, Jenny→
director · ~51y · appointed 2005-01-29 · resigned 2022-05-18
Resigned
LEE, Kerry→
director · ~54y · appointed 2002-03-18 · resigned 2002-08-15
Resigned
1ST CERT FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2001-05-04 · resigned 2001-05-04
Resigned
REPORTACTION LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-05-04 · resigned 2001-05-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property25/07/200128/11/2009

Recent filings (86 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-30
change-person-director-company
officers · CH01
2026-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-18