AUTO EXTRACT SYSTEMS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05165565 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-29
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £100
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£100
~ YoY
Net Worth
£100
~ YoY
Current Assets
£150k
↑ 50% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£30k£60k£90k£120k£150kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£100£100
Current assets£150.1k£100.1k
Cash£100£100
Debtors£150.0k£100.0k
Net assets£100£100

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  7. 2020-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2018-06-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2018-06-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2017-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-06-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2004-07-23
    ➕
    GLEDHILL, Grant appointed
    secretary
  17. 2004-07-23
    ➕
    BELL, Darren Russell appointed
    director
  18. 2004-07-23
    ➕
    GLEDHILL, Grant appointed
    director
  19. 2004-07-23
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2004-07-23
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2004-06-29
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTO EXTRACT SYSTEMS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
  22. 2004-06-29
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-06-29
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

Group structure

The Lev Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The Lev Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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AUTO EXTRACT SYSTEMS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
This company · 05165565

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
The Lev Group Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control22/06/2018
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Darren Russell Bellceased 22/06/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Grant Gledhillceased 22/06/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2004-06-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

D16 Rivington Court Walter Leigh Way
Moss Industrial Estate
Leigh
Greater Manchester
WN7 3PT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-13
Last: 2026-06-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GLEDHILL, Grant→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELL, Darren Russell→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GLEDHILL, Grant→
director · ~48y · appointed 2004-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-06-29 · resigned 2004-07-23
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-06-29 · resigned 2004-07-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-31