AUTOQUALITY WIGAN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08830902 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-03
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46740
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 Liabilities
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£0£87k£173k£260k£347k£434kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets—£237.3k
Current assets—£433.7k
Cash—£34.7k
Debtors—£240.6k
Net assets—£237.3k
Average employees500—

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-08-07
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    HOLMES, Victoria Marjorie resigned
    director
  4. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-05-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-06
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    HOLMES, Andrew appointed
    director
  10. 2022-04-06
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    DUNN, David resigned
    director
  11. 2022-04-06
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    HOLMES, Victoria Marjorie appointed
    director
  12. 2022-04-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2022-04-06
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  14. 2022-04-06
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2021-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-09-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2021-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-04-09
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    DUNN, Andrea resigned
    director
  19. 2020-01-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2018-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2015-08-01
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    JONES, Matthew Robert Ankers appointed
    director
  24. 2015-08-01
    ➕
    DUNN, Andrea appointed
    director
  25. 2014-01-03
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTOQUALITY WIGAN LIMITED
  26. 2014-01-03
    ➕
    DUNN, David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Autoquality Wigan Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Autoquality Wigan Holdings Limited
Corporate parent
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AUTOQUALITY WIGAN LIMITED
This company · 08830902

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Autoquality Wigan Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
—75–100%75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-01-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46740 — SIC 46740

Registered office

Unit 3 Rosebridge Court, Rosebridge Way
Ince
Wigan
Lancashire
WN1 3DP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-17
Last: 2026-01-03

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HOLMES, Andrew→
director · ~47y · appointed 2022-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Matthew Robert Ankers→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUNN, Andrea→
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-08-01 · resigned 2021-04-09
Resigned
DUNN, David→
director · ~77y · appointed 2014-01-03 · resigned 2022-04-06
Resigned
HOLMES, Victoria Marjorie→
director · ~50y · appointed 2022-04-06 · resigned 2025-08-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05