AUTOBITZ MOTOR FACTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07232679 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-22
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
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-05-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-27
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-05-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2018-05-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-05-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2017-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-05-17
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    CHISAM, Albert appointed
    director
  18. 2016-05-17
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    CHISAM, Kelly Louise appointed
    director
  19. 2010-04-22
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTOBITZ MOTOR FACTORS LIMITED
  20. 2010-04-22
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Anthony Peter appointed
    director
  21. 2010-04-22
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  22. 2010-04-22
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Peter Johnson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-04-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

13 Rossall Road
Thornton Cleveleys
Lancashire
FY5 1AP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-06
Last: 2026-04-22

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

CHISAM, Albert→
director · ~58y · appointed 2016-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHISAM, Kelly Louise→
director · ~49y · appointed 2016-05-17
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Active
JOHNSON, Anthony Peter→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-04-22
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Active
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2010-04-22 · resigned 2010-04-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-14