AUTOWORX LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04484977 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-12
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees200200

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2020-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-11
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    officers · TM02
  11. 2017-09-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-09-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-09-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2017-09-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2017-09-15
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2017-09-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2017-09-01
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    FABIAN, Kim Louise resigned
    secretary
  18. 2017-09-01
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    FABIAN, Kim Louise resigned
    director
  19. 2017-09-01
    ➖
    FABIAN, Paul resigned
    director
  20. 2017-08-15
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    BUTLER, Ann appointed
    director
  21. 2017-08-15
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    BUTLER, Mark Kenneth appointed
    director
  22. 2017-08-15
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    officers · AP01
  23. 2002-07-12
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTOWORX LIMITED
  24. 2002-07-12
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    FABIAN, Kim Louise appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-07-12
    ➕
    FABIAN, Kim Louise appointed
    director
  26. 2002-07-12
    ➕
    FABIAN, Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
Mr Mark Kenneth Butler
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/09/2017
Mrs Ann Butler
Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/09/2017
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Paul Fabianceased 31/08/2017· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Kim Louise Fabianceased 31/08/2017· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2002-07-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

The School House
Eaton Constantine
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY5 6RF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BUTLER, Ann→
director · ~60y · appointed 2017-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTLER, Mark Kenneth→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FABIAN, Kim Louise→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-12 · resigned 2017-09-01
Resigned
FABIAN, Kim Louise→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-07-12 · resigned 2017-09-01
Resigned
FABIAN, Paul→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-07-12 · resigned 2017-09-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-17