AUTOGLAZE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04287737 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-14

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 22.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£1.40M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.7y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 22.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· 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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

83 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,402,830

Cash YoY

+46%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.3m

↑ 46% YoY

Net Worth

£1.4m

↑ 57% YoY

Current Assets

£1.8m

↑ 50% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£1.45M	£941.0k
Current assets	£1.82M	£1.22M
Cash	£1.31M	£897.1k
Debtors	£458.9k	£270.3k
Net assets	£1.40M	£890.9k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-04-15
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accounts · AA
2026-01-06
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address · AD01
2025-10-13
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mortgage · MR04
2025-10-13
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Charge satisfied #2
2025-02-04
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accounts · AA
2024-02-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-10
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officers · CH01
2023-01-10
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officers · CH01
2023-01-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-02
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accounts · AA
2019-11-19
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accounts · AA
2018-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-02-16
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accounts · AA
2016-10-31
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accounts · AA
2011-06-21
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Charge satisfied #1
2011-03-30
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2007-10-01
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GRAHAM, Duncan Christopher Auld appointed
director
2003-11-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2003-06-13
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ALDRIDGE, Mary Jayne appointed
secretary
2003-06-13
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ALDRIDGE, Clifford Derek appointed
director
2003-06-13
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ALDRIDGE, Julian Ernest appointed
director
2003-06-13
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ALDRIDGE, Mary Jayne appointed
director
2003-06-13
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TRENT, Marc John resigned
secretary
2003-06-13
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TRENT, John William resigned
director
2001-09-14
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Company incorporated
As AUTOGLAZE LIMITED
2001-09-14
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DAVIES, Margaret Michelle appointed
nominee-secretary
2001-09-14
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DAVIES, Margaret Michelle resigned
nominee-secretary
2001-09-14
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TRENT, Marc John appointed
secretary
2001-09-14
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PIKE, Pamela appointed
nominee-director
2001-09-14
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PIKE, Pamela resigned
nominee-director
2001-09-14
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TRENT, John William appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Mary Jayne Aldridge Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Julian Ernest Aldridge Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2001-09-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

21 Johnson Road Ferndown Industrial Estate

Wimborne

Dorset

BH21 7SE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-28

Last: 2025-09-14