A & T AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04932027 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-14

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

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

£27.2k

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 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

51 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 £27,175

Cash YoY

+57%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£37k

↑ 57% YoY

Net Worth

£27k

↑ 278% YoY

Current Assets

£63k

↑ 36% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£28.5k	£12.5k
Current assets	£62.7k	£46.1k
Cash	£37.1k	£23.6k
Debtors	£16.6k	£13.4k
Net assets	£27.2k	£7.2k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-08-18
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2024-04-23
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2023-07-14
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accounts · AA
2022-06-16
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accounts · AA
2021-06-10
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accounts · AA
2020-08-11
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accounts · AA
2019-10-08
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accounts · AA
2018-10-30
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accounts · AA
2017-10-27
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accounts · AA
2016-10-31
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accounts · AA
2015-11-09
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2015-10-30
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accounts · AA
2014-11-04
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2014-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2013-10-18
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annual-return · AR01
2009-05-28
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THOMAS, Graham Lee resigned
director
2009-05-01
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WILLIAMS, Julia appointed
director
2003-10-14
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Company incorporated
As A & T AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
2003-10-14
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TURNER HAMPTON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-10-14
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WILLIAMS, Andrew appointed
director
2003-10-14
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THOMAS, Graham Lee appointed
director

Owner dependency

84/100

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+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 64. 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Williams Individual · English · DOB 07/1962 · age 64	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	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

Incorporated2003-10-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

238 Station Road

Addlestone

Surrey

KT15 2PS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-28

Last: 2025-10-14

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

TURNER HAMPTON SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-10-14

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Active

WILLIAMS, Andrew→

director · ~64y · appointed 2003-10-14

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Active

WILLIAMS, Julia→

director · ~61y · appointed 2009-05-01

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Active

THOMAS, Graham Lee→

director · ~64y · appointed 2003-10-14 · resigned 2009-05-28

Resigned

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