AUTOSTYLE BREAKERS LIMITED
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -32% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £137 | £3.0k |
| Current assets | £3.2k | £6.0k |
| Cash | £809 | £1.2k |
| Debtors | — | £2.7k |
| Net assets | £137 | £3.0k |
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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
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- 2023-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-11-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-20📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-11-12📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2009-10-16🏢Company incorporatedAs AUTOSTYLE BREAKERS LIMITED
- 2009-10-16➕RYDER, Nicola appointedsecretary
- 2009-10-16➕TEASDALE, Andrew Marc appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Marc Teasdale Individual · British · DOB 08/1979 · age 47 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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