AUTOWHITES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04715806 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-28
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 23.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£42.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £42,830
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,852 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£43k
↓ 4.1% YoY
Current Assets
£38k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£19k£29k£38k£48kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£42.8k£44.7k
Current assets£38.0k£47.6k
Net assets£42.8k£44.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2003-09-30
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    WHITE, Carey Donald resigned
    director
  17. 2003-05-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  18. 2003-04-01
    ➕
    WHITE, Graham Roger appointed
    director
  19. 2003-03-28
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTOWHITES LIMITED
  20. 2003-03-28
    ➕
    WHITE, Carol appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-03-28
    ➕
    WHITE, Haydn Robert appointed
    director
  22. 2003-03-28
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-03-28
    ➖
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-03-28
    ➕
    WHITE, Carey Donald appointed
    director
  25. 2003-03-28
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2003-03-28
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WHITE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Haydn Robert White
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
50–75%
—50-75% shares28/03/2017

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
Incorporated2003-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Robson House
Chapel Street
Honiton
EX14 1EU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WHITE, Carol→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-28
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Active
WHITE, Graham Roger→
director · ~43y · appointed 2003-04-01
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Active
WHITE, Haydn Robert→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-03-28
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Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-28 · resigned 2003-03-28
Resigned
WHITE, Carey Donald→
director · ~94y · appointed 2003-03-28 · resigned 2003-09-30
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-28 · resigned 2003-03-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property30/05/2003—
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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-30