AUTOHOME CORPORATE LTD

🌳Matureactive
08362508 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-16
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
£255.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £255,463
Cash YoY
-28%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£96k
↓ 28% YoY
Net Worth
£255k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£791k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£158k£316k£474k£633k£791kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£263.8k£216.6k
Current assets£790.8k£654.1k
Cash£95.6k£132.8k
Debtors£695.2k£521.2k
Net assets£255.5k£208.1k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-03-31
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Heather Margaret appointed
    director
  3. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-12-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-12-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-10-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-09-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-04-18
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2018-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-03-31
    ➖
    ROBINSON, James Philip resigned
    director
  19. 2013-01-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AUTOHOME CORPORATE LTD
  20. 2013-01-16
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Andrew Francis appointed
    director
  21. 2013-01-16
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Kimberley appointed
    director
  22. 2013-01-16
    ➕
    ROBINSON, James Philip 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
  • +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

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ROBINSON, Heather Margaret (same surname) appointed 2026-03-31. 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 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Francis Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr James Philip Robinsonceased 31/03/2017· 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
Incorporated2013-01-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Mayleigh House Orchard Hill
Little Billing
Northampton
NN3 9AD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

ROBINSON, Andrew Francis→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-01-16
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Active
ROBINSON, Heather Margaret→
director · ~39y · appointed 2026-03-31
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Active
ROBINSON, Kimberley→
director · ~41y · appointed 2013-01-16
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Active
ROBINSON, James Philip→
director · ~70y · appointed 2013-01-16 · resigned 2017-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-30