AUTO EXPRESS SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06691966 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-09
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£57.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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 £57,580
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£58k
↑ 82% YoY
Current Assets
£135k
↑ 61% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£27k£54k£81k£108k£135kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£155.9k£73.8k
Current assets£134.5k£83.5k
Net assets£57.6k£31.7k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-02-10
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    ISMAIL, Ersen Emin appointed
    director
  7. 2021-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-08-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2017-08-09
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2017-08-01
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    ISMAIL, Ersen Emin resigned
    director
  16. 2016-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-11-16
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    ISMAIL, Ersen Emin appointed
    director
  18. 2016-11-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2016-03-31
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    ISMAIL, Ersen Emin resigned
    director
  20. 2012-01-31
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    ISMAIL, Ersen Emin appointed
    director
  21. 2011-04-01
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    ISMAIL, Ersen Emin resigned
    director
  22. 2009-04-05
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    ISMAIL, Mehmet Emin appointed
    director
  23. 2009-04-05
    ➖
    HUSEYIN, Mustafa resigned
    secretary
  24. 2008-11-14
    ➕
    HUSEYIN, Mustafa appointed
    secretary
  25. 2008-11-14
    ➖
    MEHMET, Senel resigned
    secretary
  26. 2008-09-09
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTO EXPRESS SERVICES LIMITED
  27. 2008-09-09
    ➕
    MEHMET, Senel appointed
    secretary
  28. 2008-09-09
    ➕
    ISMAIL, Ersen Emin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ISMAIL, Ersen Emin (same surname) appointed 2022-02-10. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mehmet Emin Ismail
Individual · British · DOB 01/1944 · age 82
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest16/11/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ersen Emin Ismailceased 16/11/2016· significant influence

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
Incorporated2008-09-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit 4 Io Centre
Minden Road
Sutton
Surrey
SM3 9BL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-19
Last: 2025-10-05

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

ISMAIL, Ersen Emin→
director · ~42y · appointed 2022-02-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ISMAIL, Mehmet Emin→
director · ~82y · appointed 2009-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUSEYIN, Mustafa→
secretary · appointed 2008-11-14 · resigned 2009-04-05
Resigned
MEHMET, Senel→
secretary · appointed 2008-09-09 · resigned 2008-11-14
Resigned
ISMAIL, Ersen Emin→
director · ~42y · appointed 2016-11-16 · resigned 2017-08-01
Resigned
ISMAIL, Ersen Emin→
director · ~42y · appointed 2012-01-31 · resigned 2016-03-31
Resigned
ISMAIL, Ersen Emin→
director · ~42y · appointed 2008-09-09 · resigned 2011-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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2025-11-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-16