AUTOPIA LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08478344 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-08
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 7.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 59111Motion picture production activities
- 59112Video production activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 7.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-30 | 2023-10-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-10-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-09-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-10📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-09-10📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-09-10🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2021-09-10🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2021-07-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-05-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-30➕TIMMINS, Hilary Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2020-09-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-06-12📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-06-12🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-01-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-01-16🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Liberty Leasing Limited
- 2019-12-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-10-07🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Liberty Leasing Limited
- 2018-09-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Liberty Leasing Limited
- 2013-04-08🏢Company incorporatedAs AUTOPIA LIMITED
- 2013-04-08➕WHITEHOUSE, Robert Harley appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 76 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 med · 1 lowCharge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Multiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Robert Harley Whitehouse Individual · New Zealander · DOB 08/1950 · age 76 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Ms Hilary Elizabeth Timmins Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 25/07/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-04-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112
Registered office
Suite 412, Gilmoora House 57-61 Mortimer Street
London
W1W 8HS
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last made up to: 2024-10-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
TIMMINS, Hilary Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2020-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WHITEHOUSE, Robert Harley→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2013-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Liberty Leasing Liberty Leasing Limited | A registered charge | — | 16/01/2020 | 10/09/2021 | |
| satisfied | Liberty Leasing Liberty Leasing Limited | A registered charge | — | 07/10/2019 | 10/09/2021 | |
| satisfied | Liberty Leasing Liberty Leasing Limited | A registered charge | — | 13/09/2018 | 12/06/2020 |
Recent filings (43 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-09-10
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-09-10