AUTOPROTECT (MBI) LTD

🌳Matureactive
05089293 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-31
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of insurance agents and brokers
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.8y

60/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.
  • · Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
34 officers (8 active, 34 linked, 26 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
152 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Loss-making
Loss before tax £5,130,435

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Profit before tax£-5.13M£-801.1k
Average employees14611600

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (85 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  2. 2025-11-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-10-30
    THERON, Samuel Shaer appointed
    director
  4. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-05-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-05-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-05-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-05-12
    MCVEIGH, Michael resigned
    director
  9. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-10-31
    WILLIAMS, Tara resigned
    director
  11. 2023-10-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-05-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2023-03-30
    CHARD, David Adrian appointed
    director
  15. 2023-03-03
    UYS, Sanet appointed
    secretary
  16. 2023-03-03
    OLLIVER, Daniel resigned
    secretary
  17. 2023-03-03
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  18. 2023-03-03
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2023-01-31
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  20. 2023-01-31
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  21. 2022-07-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2022-07-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2022-07-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  24. 2022-06-30
    EDWARDS, Michael Alexander appointed
    director
  25. 2022-06-30
    MOORE, Ben appointed
    director
  26. 2022-06-30
    ROTHWELL, Andrew Mark appointed
    director
  27. 2022-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  28. 2022-05-20
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  29. 2022-05-11
    BRIGGS, Matthew John resigned
    director
  30. 2021-11-29
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  31. 2021-11-24
    UYS, Sanet appointed
    director
  32. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  33. 2021-03-31
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Investec Bank PLC
  34. 2021-03-03
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  35. 2020-10-31
    OLLIVER, Daniel appointed
    secretary
  36. 2020-10-31
    WARD, Philip Aiden resigned
    secretary
  37. 2020-10-31
    WARD, Philip Aiden resigned
    director
  38. 2020-09-01
    BRIGGS, Matthew John appointed
    director
  39. 2020-03-18
    WILLIAMS, Tara appointed
    director
  40. 2020-02-28
    BEAUMONT, William Paul resigned
    director
  41. 2019-11-29
    MANAKTALA, Nisha resigned
    secretary
  42. 2019-11-29
    WARD, Philip Aiden appointed
    secretary
  43. 2019-06-25
    WARD, Philip Aiden appointed
    director
  44. 2019-01-03
    NIEMAN, Graeme appointed
    director
  45. 2019-01-03
    MANAKTALA, Nisha appointed
    secretary
  46. 2019-01-03
    MCVEIGH, Michael appointed
    director
  47. 2019-01-03
    CRP D2 LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  48. 2018-11-07
    CHANDARANA, Prakash resigned
    secretary
  49. 2018-11-07
    CHANDARANA, Prakash resigned
    director
  50. 2018-11-07
    LACEY, Ernest Frank resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 85 events

Owner dependency

40/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Autoprotect Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Autoprotect Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
AUTOPROTECT (MBI) LTD
This company · 05089293

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Autoprotect Group Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/11/2018

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66220 — Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Registered office

Warwick House
Roydon Road
Harlow
Essex
CM19 5DY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (8 active · 26 resigned)

UYS, Sanet
secretary · appointed 2023-03-03
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CHARD, David Adrian
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-03-30
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Active
EDWARDS, Michael Alexander
director · ~41y · appointed 2022-06-30
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Active
MOORE, Ben
director · ~50y · appointed 2022-06-30
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Active
NIEMAN, Graeme
director · ~41y · appointed 2019-01-03
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Active
ROTHWELL, Andrew Mark
director · ~54y · appointed 2022-06-30
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Active
THERON, Samuel Shaer
director · ~32y · appointed 2025-10-30
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Active
UYS, Sanet
director · ~52y · appointed 2021-11-24
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Active
CHANDARANA, Prakash
secretary · appointed 2005-03-11 · resigned 2018-11-07
Resigned
MANAKTALA, Nisha
secretary · appointed 2019-01-03 · resigned 2019-11-29
Resigned
MCLAUGHLIN, Kinga Alicja
secretary · appointed 2004-03-31 · resigned 2004-04-21
Resigned
OLLIVER, Daniel
secretary · appointed 2020-10-31 · resigned 2023-03-03
Resigned
SMITH, Roderick Mckenzie
secretary · appointed 2004-04-21 · resigned 2005-03-11
Resigned
WARD, Philip Aiden
secretary · appointed 2019-11-29 · resigned 2020-10-31
Resigned
BARRY, Michael Edward
director · ~58y · appointed 2012-06-08 · resigned 2013-01-31
Resigned
BEAUMONT, William Paul
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-12-19 · resigned 2020-02-28
Resigned
BRIGGS, Matthew John
director · ~58y · appointed 2020-09-01 · resigned 2022-05-11
Resigned
CHANDARANA, Prakash
director · ~62y · appointed 2013-12-03 · resigned 2018-11-07
Resigned
GOLDBERG, Arthur Howard
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-05-19 · resigned 2011-06-15
Resigned
HARRADINE, John
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-12-03 · resigned 2018-08-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Investec Bank
Investec Bank PLC
A registered charge31/03/202131/01/2023
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property09/08/200603/03/2021

Recent filings (152 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-04-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-13
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-03-03