AYCLIFFE AUTO SUPPLIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08146419 · ltd · incorporated 2012-07-17
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 9.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£151.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
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 (63/100, 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 9.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
44 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 £151,347
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£71k
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£151k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£491k
↑ 9.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£98k£196k£294k£393k£491kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£268.6k£314.1k
Current assets£490.8k£449.8k
Cash£71.4k£82.9k
Debtors£291.8k£252.1k
Net assets£151.3k£150.0k

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

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2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  2. 2025-12-22
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-12-01
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    GREY, Martin resigned
    director
  4. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  5. 2024-03-26
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  6. 2023-04-26
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  7. 2022-05-31
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  8. 2021-04-19
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-07
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-22
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2019-11-22
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-11-22
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-09-01
    ➕
    BEDFORD, Jeffrey appointed
    director
  14. 2019-09-01
    ➕
    FORSYTH, Graeme appointed
    director
  15. 2019-09-01
    ➕
    GREY, Martin appointed
    director
  16. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-04-17
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  18. 2017-03-30
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    document-replacement · RP04AR01
  19. 2017-03-13
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    mortgage · MR01
  20. 2017-03-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  21. 2015-02-01
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    HARDY, Mathew William appointed
    director
  22. 2015-02-01
    ➖
    HARDY, John Stewart resigned
    director
  23. 2012-07-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AYCLIFFE AUTO SUPPLIES LIMITED
  24. 2012-07-17
    ➕
    HARDY, John Stewart appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
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.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mathew William Hardy
Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-07-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Unit B356 Hilton Road
Aycliffe Industrial Estate
Newton Aycliffe
Co. Durham
DL5 6EN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last: 2026-07-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BEDFORD, Jeffrey→
director · ~65y · appointed 2019-09-01
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Active
FORSYTH, Graeme→
director · ~47y · appointed 2019-09-01
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Active
HARDY, Mathew William→
director · ~56y · appointed 2015-02-01
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Active
GREY, Martin→
director · ~65y · appointed 2019-09-01 · resigned 2025-12-01
Resigned
HARDY, John Stewart→
director · ~80y · appointed 2012-07-17 · resigned 2015-02-01
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 charge1 property09/03/2017—
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Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-05-07