1 AUTO SCREEN LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07013419 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-09
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 16.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 16.4y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 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
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 300 |
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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-06📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-06-06📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-11➕MARTINE, Perry appointeddirector
- 2023-09-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-09-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-09-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-08-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-29➖JACKSON, Ben resigneddirector
- 2022-03-29📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-02-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-12-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-12-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-12-14➕BRADBURY, David Ian appointeddirector
- 2020-12-14➖BRADBURY, David Ian resigneddirector
- 2017-07-21➕JACKSON, Ben appointeddirector
- 2010-01-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2009-09-09🏢Company incorporatedAs 1 AUTO SCREEN LIMITED
- 2009-09-09➕BRADBURY, David Ian appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Perry Martine Individual · British · DOB 06/1993 · age 33 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 04/03/2023 |
Mr Ben Jackson Individual · British · DOB 11/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr David Bradburyceased 04/03/2023· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-09-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
35 Tewkesbury Close
Middlewich
CW10 9HT
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-23
Last: 2025-09-09
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
BRADBURY, David Ian→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2020-12-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MARTINE, Perry→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2023-09-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRADBURY, David Ian→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2009-09-09 · resigned 2020-12-14
JACKSON, Ben→
Resigneddirector · ~42y · appointed 2017-07-21 · resigned 2022-03-29
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 25/01/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (53 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-27
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-06-06
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-09-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12