AUTO-ENROL LTD
💤Zombieactive
07306463 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-07
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£713.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £713,134
Cash YoY
+489%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£112k
↑ 489% YoY
Net Worth
£713k
↑ 9.0% YoY
Current Assets
£112k
↑ 489% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £713.1k | £654.3k |
| Current assets | £111.6k | £19.0k |
| Cash | £111.6k | £19.0k |
| Net assets | £713.1k | £654.3k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-11-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-11-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-11-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-06➖JONES, Nicola Jane resigneddirector
- 2020-03-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2012-09-18➕JONES, Nicola Jane appointeddirector
- 2010-07-07🏢Company incorporatedAs AUTO-ENROL LTD
- 2010-07-07➕JONES, Nicholas Charles appointeddirector
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
78/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Nicholas Charles Jones Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Nicola Jane Jones Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Nicholas Charles Jonesceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mrs Nicola Jane Jonesceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒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
Incorporated2010-07-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Registered office
Batchcombe Farm House
Batchcombe Lane
Storridge
Herefordshire
WR13 5ES
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-21
Last: 2025-07-07
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
JONES, Nicholas Charles→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2010-07-07
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JONES, Nicola Jane→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2012-09-18 · resigned 2020-03-06
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Recent filings (46 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-11-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-11-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-30