ADVANCED AUTOCARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06434772 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-22
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
—
year to Nov 2023
Net worth
£-45.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £45,905

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£21k
Net Worth
-£46k
Current Assets
£29k
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2023-11-30
Total assets£-36.0k
Current assets£28.6k
Cash£20.5k
Debtors£5.4k
Net assets£-45.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-21
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2021-05-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2019-12-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2019-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-05-16
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    BETTS, Marc Adam appointed
    director
  17. 2015-01-29
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    HOUGHTON, Mark resigned
    director
  18. 2007-11-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED AUTOCARE LIMITED
  19. 2007-11-22
    ➕
    HALLSWORTH, Steven William appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-11-22
    ➕
    HALLSWORTH, Steven William appointed
    director
  21. 2007-11-22
    ➕
    HOUGHTON, Mark appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Marc Adam Betts
Individual · British · DOB 08/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/09/2019
Mr Steven William Hallsworth
Individual · British · DOB 08/1982 · age 44
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-11-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

17 Hutton Business Park Bentley Moor Lane
Adwick-Le-Street
Doncaster
S Yorkshire
DN6 7BD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-06
Last: 2025-11-22

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

HALLSWORTH, Steven William→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-22
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Active
BETTS, Marc Adam→
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-05-16
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Active
HALLSWORTH, Steven William→
director · ~44y · appointed 2007-11-22
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Active
HOUGHTON, Mark→
director · ~52y · appointed 2007-11-22 · resigned 2015-01-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-07
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-05-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-02