AUXILIARY TANK SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
06281952 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-18
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£193.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33200
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 77390Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
  • 81222Specialised cleaning services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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, 3 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 (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £193,539
Net assets shrinking
Down £26,145 YoY
Cash YoY
+703%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£151k
↑ 703% YoY
Net Worth
£194k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£305k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£61k£122k£183k£244k£305kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£207.3k£240.0k
Current assets£304.6k£254.3k
Cash£151.2k£18.8k
Debtors£153.4k£235.5k
Net assets£193.5k£219.7k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-01-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-04
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-01-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-10-01
    ➕
    SMITH, Charles William appointed
    director
  14. 2020-10-01
    ➕
    SMITH, Isabelle Alice appointed
    director
  15. 2020-09-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-07-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2009-11-18
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    SMITH, Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-06-18
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    Company incorporated
    As AUXILIARY TANK SERVICES LTD
  22. 2007-06-18
    ➕
    SMITH, Elizabeth Ann appointed
    director
  23. 2007-06-18
    ➕
    SMITH, Shaun Martin appointed
    director
  24. 2007-06-18
    ➕
    SMITH, Elizabeth appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Shaun Martin Smith
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Smith
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-06-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200

Registered office

1 Park House Drive
Sandbach
CW11 1YW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-02
Last: 2025-06-18

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

SMITH, Charles William→
director · ~27y · appointed 2020-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Elizabeth Ann→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-06-18
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Active
SMITH, Isabelle Alice→
director · ~30y · appointed 2020-10-01
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Active
SMITH, Shaun Martin→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-18 · resigned 2009-11-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-24