AUTOMOTECH SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04459533 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-12

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£3.60M

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46140

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

75 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 £3,598,454

Cash YoY

+87%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2.9m

↑ 87% YoY

Net Worth

£3.6m

↑ 19% YoY

Current Assets

£3.7m

↑ 97% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£3.60M	£3.03M
Current assets	£3.65M	£1.85M
Cash	£2.88M	£1.54M
Debtors	£41.6k	£184.7k
Net assets	£3.60M	£3.03M

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-09-29
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accounts · AA
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2005-06-01
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BEDDOW, Stephen appointed
director
2002-06-12
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Company incorporated
As AUTOMOTECH SERVICES LIMITED
2002-06-12
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BEDDOW, Norman Godfrey appointed
secretary
2002-06-12
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BEDDOW, Andrew Warren appointed
director
2002-06-12
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BEDDOW, Norman Godfrey appointed
director
2002-06-12
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BEDDOW, Pamela Ann appointed
director
2002-06-12
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ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
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2002-06-12
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ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
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2002-06-12
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AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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2002-06-12
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AR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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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 24 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Pamela Ann Beddow Individual · British · DOB 11/1948 · age 78	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Norman Godfrey Beddow Individual · British · DOB 01/1947 · age 79	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Stephen Beddow Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Warren Beddow Individual · British · DOB 02/1973 · age 53	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	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

Incorporated2002-06-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46140 — SIC 46140

Registered office

Unit 6 Oakhurst Park

The Levels Industrial Estate, The Levels

Rugeley

Staffordshire

WS15 1RD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-26

Last: 2026-06-12