ALLWOOD AUTOMOBILE COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07337521 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-05
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 15.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£273.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.6y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £273,211
Net assets shrinking
Down £104,351 YoY
Cash YoY
+13153%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£32k
↑ 13153% YoY
Net Worth
£273k
↓ 28% YoY
Current Assets
£604k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£134k£269k£403k£537k£672kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£285.5k£396.5k
Current assets£603.7k£671.7k
Cash£32.1k£242
Debtors£93.8k£83.3k
Net assets£273.2k£377.6k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-29
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  2. 2024-05-31
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  10. 2023-05-11
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  11. 2022-05-17
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  12. 2021-03-02
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  13. 2020-05-12
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  14. 2020-03-23
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  15. 2020-03-01
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    WOODCOCK, Olivia Tia appointed
    director
  16. 2019-05-30
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  17. 2018-05-24
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  18. 2017-10-02
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    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  19. 2014-05-22
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    HALL-WOODCOCK, Wendy Dawn appointed
    director
  20. 2014-05-22
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    WOODCOCK, Maison Jack appointed
    director
  21. 2010-10-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  22. 2010-08-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLWOOD AUTOMOBILE COMPANY LIMITED
  23. 2010-08-05
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    WOODCOCK, Alan John appointed
    director
  24. 2010-08-05
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    SHAH, Ela appointed
    director
  25. 2010-08-05
    ➖
    SHAH, Ela resigned
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Maison Woodcock
Individual · British · DOB 10/1994 · age 32
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Wendy Dawn Hall-Woodcock
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Alan John Woodcock
Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Maison Jack Woodcockceased 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-08-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

1 Tower House,
Tower Centre,
Hoddesdon
Hertfordshire,
EN11 8UR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

HALL-WOODCOCK, Wendy Dawn→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-05-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOODCOCK, Alan John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-08-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOODCOCK, Maison Jack→
director · ~32y · appointed 2014-05-22
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Active
WOODCOCK, Olivia Tia→
director · ~27y · appointed 2020-03-01
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Active
SHAH, Ela→
director · ~74y · appointed 2010-08-05 · resigned 2010-08-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property15/10/2010—
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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-17