AUTO SERVICING & DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04588909 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-13
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£109.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £109,097
Cash YoY
+4%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£103k
↑ 3.8% YoY
Net Worth
£109k
↑ 6.6% YoY
Current Assets
£135k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£27k£54k£81k£108k£135kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£128.5k£127.8k
Current assets£134.9k£122.6k
Cash£102.5k£98.8k
Debtors£22.4k£13.9k
Net assets£109.1k£102.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-24
    ➖
    DONALD, Christine resigned
    secretary
  8. 2020-07-24
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2020-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-07
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  13. 2018-01-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2017-11-30
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2017-11-30
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2017-11-29
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  17. 2017-11-29
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  18. 2002-11-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AUTO SERVICING & DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED
  19. 2002-11-13
    ➕
    DONALD, Paul Victor appointed
    director
  20. 2002-11-13
    ➕
    DONALD, Roy Victor appointed
    director
  21. 2002-11-13
    ➕
    DONALD, Christine appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-11-13
    ➕
    A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-11-13
    ➖
    A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-11-13
    ➕
    A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-11-13
    ➖
    A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Victor Donald
Individual · British · DOB 12/1970 · age 56
50–75%
—50-75% shares13/11/2016
Mr Roy Victor Donald
Individual · British · DOB 02/1942 · age 84
50–75%
—50-75% shares13/11/2016

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
Incorporated2002-11-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit 6, King Charles Business Park, Old Newton Road
Heathfield
Newton Abbot
TQ12 6UT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DONALD, Paul Victor→
director · ~56y · appointed 2002-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DONALD, Roy Victor→
director · ~84y · appointed 2002-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DONALD, Christine→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-13 · resigned 2020-07-24
Resigned
A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-13 · resigned 2002-11-13
Resigned
A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-13 · resigned 2002-11-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-15
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-04