AUTO-MECH CHEDDAR LTD
🌳Matureactive
07604649 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-14
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£-23.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -64% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
45 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 · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £23,374
Cash draining
Cash down 64% YoY
Cash YoY
-64%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£3k
↓ 64% YoY
Net Worth
-£23k
↓ 2897% YoY
Current Assets
£21k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-6.5k | £32.3k |
| Current assets | £21.3k | £26.0k |
| Cash | £3.0k | £8.4k |
| Debtors | £3.1k | £4.4k |
| Net assets | £-23.4k | £-780 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-01-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-06-15📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-06-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-05-31📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2022-05-31📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-02-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-01-28➕JONES, Ashley Paul Howard appointeddirector
- 2022-01-28➕JONES, Linda appointeddirector
- 2022-01-27➖SYMES, Timothy John resigneddirector
- 2022-01-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-01-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-01-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2011-04-14🏢Company incorporatedAs AUTO-MECH CHEDDAR LTD
- 2011-04-14➕JONES, Andrew Paul Howard appointeddirector
- 2011-04-14➕SYMES, Timothy John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
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
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
33/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — JONES, Ashley Paul Howard (same surname) appointed 2022-01-28. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 Andrew Paul Howard Jones Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Linda Jones Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 22/04/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Timothy Symesceased 27/01/2022· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-04-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
Unit 5 Mendip Vale Trading Estate
Wedmore Road
Cheddar
Somerset
BS27 3EL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
JONES, Andrew Paul Howard→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2011-04-14
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JONES, Ashley Paul Howard→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2022-01-28
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JONES, Linda→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2022-01-28
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SYMES, Timothy John→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2011-04-14 · resigned 2022-01-27
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Recent filings (45 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-04
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-06-15
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-06-01
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2022-05-31