AUTOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE SERVICES (BRACKLEY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07226236 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-16

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£37.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 -59% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.6y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 13.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

45 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £37,274

Cash draining

Cash down 59% YoY

Cash YoY

-59%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£19k

↓ 59% YoY

Net Worth

£37k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£136k

↓ 23% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£52.2k	£47.4k
Current assets	£135.7k	£176.5k
Cash	£19.4k	£47.7k
Debtors	£82.4k	£98.8k
Net assets	£37.3k	£33.4k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-01-21
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accounts · AA
2024-11-25
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accounts · AA
2024-02-08
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accounts · AA
2022-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-20
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officers · CH01
2019-05-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-08-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-11
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gazette · DISS40
2018-07-10
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gazette · GAZ1
2017-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-01-06
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officers · TM01
2016-12-09
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MCLEISH, Andrew David John resigned
director
2016-10-18
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accounts · AA
2012-12-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Nigel Clive Cartwright
2010-04-16
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Company incorporated
As AUTOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE SERVICES (BRACKLEY) LIMITED
2010-04-16
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JACKSON, Edward Marchant appointed
director
2010-04-16
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SAMMONS, Nathan Mark appointed
director
2010-04-16
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MCLEISH, Andrew David John appointed
director

Owner dependency

68/100

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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple 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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Nathan Mark Sammons Individual · British · DOB 02/1975 · age 51	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Edward Marchant Jackson Individual · British · DOB 09/1982 · age 44	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2010-04-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

10 Manor Park

Banbury

Oxfordshire

OX16 3TB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-11

Last: 2026-04-27

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

JACKSON, Edward Marchant→

director · ~44y · appointed 2010-04-16

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Active

SAMMONS, Nathan Mark→

director · ~51y · appointed 2010-04-16

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Active

MCLEISH, Andrew David John→

director · ~49y · appointed 2010-04-16 · resigned 2016-12-09

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Nigel Clive Cartwright	Rent deposit deed	1 property	07/12/2012	—

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