AUTO MOTIVE SERVICE & REPAIR LTD

🌳Matureactive
06976168 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-29
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 2025
Net worth
£-82.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45320Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
  • 45400SIC 45400
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 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 (2 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
53 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £82,183
Cash YoY
+76%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£25k
↑ 76% YoY
Net Worth
-£82k
↓ 126% YoY
Current Assets
£74k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£82k-£46k-£9k£27k£63k£100kNov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Total assets£-82.2k£-31.4k
Current assets£73.5k£99.8k
Cash£25.2k£14.3k
Debtors£30.8k£71.5k
Net assets£-82.2k£-36.3k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-10
    ➕
    ALLEN, Thomas Jonathon appointed
    director
  5. 2024-01-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2022-03-29
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2021-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2016-08-31
    ➖
    LINCOLN, Douglas resigned
    director
  17. 2009-07-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AUTO MOTIVE SERVICE & REPAIR LTD
  18. 2009-07-29
    ➕
    BUSS, Christopher Joseph appointed
    director
  19. 2009-07-29
    ➕
    OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2009-07-29
    ➖
    OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2009-07-29
    ➕
    GILBURT, Lee Christopher appointed
    director
  22. 2009-07-29
    ➖
    GILBURT, Lee Christopher resigned
    director
  23. 2009-07-29
    ➕
    LINCOLN, Douglas 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Joseph Buss
Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Jane Buss
Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares28/02/2022

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
Incorporated2009-07-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit 4 Langley Wharf
Railway Terrace
Kings Langley
Hertfordshire
WD4 8JE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-25
Last: 2026-06-11

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ALLEN, Thomas Jonathon→
director · ~36y · appointed 2024-01-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUSS, Christopher Joseph→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-07-29 · resigned 2009-07-29
Resigned
GILBURT, Lee Christopher→
director · ~52y · appointed 2009-07-29 · resigned 2009-07-29
Resigned
LINCOLN, Douglas→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-07-29 · resigned 2016-08-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-03-29
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-11