AUTOGUARD WARRANTIES LTD

📉Decliningactive
06574030 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-23
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
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£16.68M
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of insurance agents and brokers
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (88/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 2.2y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Newest facility, 2.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 8 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
82 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £832,173
Strong revenue growth
Turnover up 23% YoY
Turnover YoY
+23%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Turnover£16.68M£13.54M
Gross profit£5.93M£4.74M
Operating profit£772.3k£1.44M
Profit before tax£832.2k£1.66M
Average employees63005600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

5 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
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-12-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-12-22
    ➕
    BOWDEN, Alexander David Stuart appointed
    director
  5. 2025-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-04-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-04-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2024-04-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  11. 2024-04-01
    ➖
    ROBINSON, David Leonard resigned
    director
  12. 2024-03-27
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2023-04-11
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-03-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  16. 2022-03-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2022-03-03
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2022-01-20
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares-treasury-capital-date
    capital · SH03
  19. 2021-12-31
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    capital-cancellation-treasury-shares-with-date-currency-capital-figure
    capital · SH05
  20. 2021-11-22
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2021-11-16
    ➖
    LAILEY, Richard George resigned
    director
  22. 2021-07-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2021-07-22
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares-treasury-capital-date
    capital · SH03
  24. 2020-11-01
    ➕
    MAY-KHALIL, Ali Hussein appointed
    director
  25. 2016-01-04
    ➖
    DOCKERILL, John Robert resigned
    director
  26. 2015-12-02
    ➕
    ROBINSON, David Leonard appointed
    director
  27. 2013-06-14
    ➖
    BECK, David Richard resigned
    director
  28. 2009-04-14
    ➕
    BECK, David Richard appointed
    director
  29. 2009-02-18
    ➖
    DOCKERILL, Lisa resigned
    secretary
  30. 2009-02-18
    ➕
    DOCKERILL, John Robert appointed
    director
  31. 2009-02-18
    ➖
    DOCKERILL, Lisa resigned
    director
  32. 2009-02-18
    ➕
    LAILEY, Richard George appointed
    director
  33. 2008-04-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AUTOGUARD WARRANTIES LTD
  34. 2008-04-23
    ➕
    DOCKERILL, Robert Jeffery appointed
    director
  35. 2008-04-23
    ➕
    DOCKERILL, Lisa appointed
    secretary
  36. 2008-04-23
    ➕
    DOCKERILL, Lisa 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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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

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

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Autoguard Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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AUTOGUARD WARRANTIES LTD
This company · 06574030

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
Autoguard Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control22/03/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Robert Jeffery Dockerillceased 22/03/2022· 50-75% shares

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
Incorporated2008-04-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66220 — Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Registered office

Building 5 Archipelago Office Park
Lyon Way, Frimley
Camberley
Surrey
GU16 7ER
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

BOWDEN, Alexander David Stuart→
director · ~59y · appointed 2025-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOCKERILL, Robert Jeffery→
director · ~54y · appointed 2008-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAY-KHALIL, Ali Hussein→
director · ~49y · appointed 2020-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOCKERILL, Lisa→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-23 · resigned 2009-02-18
Resigned
BECK, David Richard→
director · ~81y · appointed 2009-04-14 · resigned 2013-06-14
Resigned
DOCKERILL, John Robert→
director · ~82y · appointed 2009-02-18 · resigned 2016-01-04
Resigned
DOCKERILL, Lisa→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-04-23 · resigned 2009-02-18
Resigned
LAILEY, Richard George→
director · ~77y · appointed 2009-02-18 · resigned 2021-11-16
Resigned
ROBINSON, David Leonard→
director · ~69y · appointed 2015-12-02 · resigned 2024-04-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—05/04/2024—
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Recent filings (82 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-18