AUTONICS UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07946282 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-10

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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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46620

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

32 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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2024-11-28
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2023-12-04
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2022-11-30
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2021-11-30
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2021-04-13
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2019-12-11
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accounts · AA
2019-03-18
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officers · TM01
2019-03-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-12-31
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LINGARD, Peter Edwin resigned
director
2018-06-04
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accounts · AA
2017-12-21
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2016-09-13
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accounts · AA
2016-03-07
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2015-11-02
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accounts · AA
2015-04-01
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2015-03-31
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KEMP, Barry resigned
director
2012-02-10
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Company incorporated
As AUTONICS UK LIMITED
2012-02-10
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O'KEEFFE, Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2012-02-10
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O'KEEFFE, Elizabeth appointed
director
2012-02-10
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O'KEEFFE, Michael appointed
director
2012-02-10
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KEMP, Barry appointed
director
2012-02-10
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LINGARD, Peter Edwin appointed
director

Owner dependency

74/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael O'Keeffe Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/02/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Peter Lingardceased 31/12/2018· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2012-02-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46620 — SIC 46620

Registered office

8 Cranbourne Close

Timperley

Altrincham

Cheshire

WA15 6LR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-24

Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

O'KEEFFE, Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2012-02-10

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Active

O'KEEFFE, Elizabeth→

director · ~62y · appointed 2012-02-10

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Active

O'KEEFFE, Michael→

director · ~62y · appointed 2012-02-10

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Active

KEMP, Barry→

director · ~76y · appointed 2012-02-10 · resigned 2015-03-31

Resigned

LINGARD, Peter Edwin→

director · ~73y · appointed 2012-02-10 · resigned 2018-12-31

Resigned

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