AUTOBODY CRAFT UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05253463 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-07

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

—

year to Nov 2025

Net worth

£5.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 £5,514

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£6k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30
Total assets	£5.5k	£5.5k
Debtors	£52.8k	£52.8k
Net assets	£5.5k	£5.5k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-05-07
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2025-05-07
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accounts · AA
2024-06-28
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accounts · AA
2023-07-24
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accounts · AA
2022-03-31
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accounts · AA
2021-08-02
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accounts · AA
2020-08-19
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accounts · AA
2019-03-27
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accounts · AA
2018-10-21
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officers · CH03
2018-10-21
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officers · CH01
2018-07-11
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accounts · AAMD
2018-07-03
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accounts · AA
2018-06-12
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accounts · AAMD
2018-03-28
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address · AD01
2018-03-01
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address · AD01
2017-10-17
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accounts · AAMD
2005-10-12
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VAILLANT, Charles Boy appointed
secretary
2005-10-12
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SMALL, John resigned
secretary
2004-11-30
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SMALL, John appointed
secretary
2004-11-30
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VAILLANT, Charles Boy resigned
secretary
2004-11-30
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SMALL, John resigned
director
2004-10-07
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Company incorporated
As AUTOBODY CRAFT UK LIMITED
2004-10-07
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GLASS, Russell appointed
director
2004-10-07
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VAILLANT, Charles Boy appointed
director
2004-10-07
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VAILLANT, Charles Boy appointed
secretary
2004-10-07
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SMALL, John appointed
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 59 — 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 59. 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Charles Boy Vaillant Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	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

Incorporated2004-10-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

First Floor Office Westerham Garage

190 London Road

Westerham

Kent

TN16 2DJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-27

Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

VAILLANT, Charles Boy→

secretary · appointed 2005-10-12

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Active

GLASS, Russell→

director · ~56y · appointed 2004-10-07

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Active

VAILLANT, Charles Boy→

director · ~59y · appointed 2004-10-07

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Active

SMALL, John→

secretary · appointed 2004-11-30 · resigned 2005-10-12

Resigned

VAILLANT, Charles Boy→

secretary · appointed 2004-10-07 · resigned 2004-11-30

Resigned

SMALL, John→

director · appointed 2004-10-07 · resigned 2004-11-30

Resigned

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