AUTO FIX (LONDON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07759801 · ltd · incorporated 2011-09-01
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 12.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£843.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
55 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
75
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 £843,665
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£321k
↓ 8.2% YoY
Net Worth
£844k
↑ 36% YoY
Current Assets
£2.1m
↑ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£426k£852k£1.3m£1.7m£2.1mAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£902.2k£697.2k
Current assets£2.13M£1.73M
Cash£320.6k£349.3k
Debtors£1.61M£1.22M
Net assets£843.7k£620.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-25
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2022-01-24
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2021-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-03-10
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    LANE, Kenneth Brian resigned
    director
  12. 2019-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-10-01
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    LANE, Kenneth Brian appointed
    director
  15. 2018-10-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2017-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-10-20
    ➖
    BOLDING, Brian Durand resigned
    director
  18. 2016-08-31
    ➖
    BROWN, Peter Henry resigned
    director
  19. 2014-06-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  20. 2012-09-01
    ➕
    RISPOLI, Giovanni Antonio appointed
    director
  21. 2012-09-01
    ➕
    BROWN, Peter Henry appointed
    director
  22. 2011-09-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AUTO FIX (LONDON) LIMITED
  23. 2011-09-01
    ➕
    BOLDING, Tina Ann appointed
    secretary
  24. 2011-09-01
    ➕
    BOLDING, Tina Ann appointed
    director
  25. 2011-09-01
    ➕
    BOLDING, Brian Durand appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Tina Ann Bolding
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Brian Durand Bolding Dec'Dceased 20/10/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2011-09-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

50 Minerva Road
London
NW10 6HJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BOLDING, Tina Ann→
secretary · appointed 2011-09-01
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Active
BOLDING, Tina Ann→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-09-01
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Active
RISPOLI, Giovanni Antonio→
director · ~65y · appointed 2012-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOLDING, Brian Durand→
director · ~73y · appointed 2011-09-01 · resigned 2016-10-20
Resigned
BROWN, Peter Henry→
director · ~75y · appointed 2012-09-01 · resigned 2016-08-31
Resigned
LANE, Kenneth Brian→
director · ~80y · appointed 2018-10-01 · resigned 2020-03-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge—19/06/2014—
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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-01-25
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-09