A4 AUTOPARTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
09098412 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-23
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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 (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-26
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  3. 2026-02-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-02-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-04
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  9. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-01-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2020-01-03
    ➖
    DUSANJH, Rashpal Kaur resigned
    director
  15. 2020-01-03
    ➖
    DUSANJH, Tara resigned
    director
  16. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-07-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2014-06-23
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    Company incorporated
    As A4 AUTOPARTS LTD
  20. 2014-06-23
    ➕
    BUTT, Nuzhat Sajjad appointed
    director
  21. 2014-06-23
    ➕
    BUTT, Sajjad Ahmad appointed
    director
  22. 2014-06-23
    ➕
    DUSANJH, Rashpal Kaur appointed
    director
  23. 2014-06-23
    ➕
    DUSANJH, Tara appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sajjad Ahmad Butt
Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares23/06/2017

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
Incorporated2014-06-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

50 Vicarage Farm Road
Hounslow
TW5 0AB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BUTT, Nuzhat Sajjad→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTT, Sajjad Ahmad→
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUSANJH, Rashpal Kaur→
director · ~76y · appointed 2014-06-23 · resigned 2020-01-03
Resigned
DUSANJH, Tara→
director · ~77y · appointed 2014-06-23 · resigned 2020-01-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-25