AUTOCRAFT TELFORD LTD
🌳Matureactive
07168475 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-24
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 15.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (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: 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 (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.0y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 57 | 5700 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2019-11-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-11-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-23📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-02-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-02-19🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2011-08-25🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2011-06-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: White Line Limited
- 2010-03-04➖CLAYTON, Glanville Vaughan resigneddirector
- 2010-03-03➕FIELDING, Darren John appointeddirector
- 2010-03-03➕FIELDING, Matthew Robert appointeddirector
- 2010-02-24🏢Company incorporatedAs AUTOCRAFT TELFORD LTD
- 2010-02-24➕CLAYTON, Glanville Vaughan appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Autocraft Holdings Telford Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Autocraft Holdings Telford Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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AUTOCRAFT TELFORD LTD
This company · 07168475
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Autocraft Holdings Telford Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 05/11/2019 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Matthew Robert Fieldingceased 05/11/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mr Darren John Fieldingceased 05/11/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-02-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
Unit 1 Hortonwood 33
Telford
Shropshire
TF1 7EX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-20
Last: 2025-11-06
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
FIELDING, Darren John→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2010-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FIELDING, Matthew Robert→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2010-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLAYTON, Glanville Vaughan→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2010-02-24 · resigned 2010-03-04
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 19/02/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 25/08/2011 | — | |
| outstanding | White Line White Line Limited | Mortgage | 2 properties | 15/06/2011 | — |
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Recent filings (50 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2019-11-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-11-06