AUTOEXCEL VEHICLE SERVICES LTD
🌳Matureactive
09153702 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-30
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 5.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£641.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 5.7y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £641,380
Cash YoY
+13%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£275k
↑ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£641k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£705k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £760.9k | £720.4k |
| Current assets | £704.8k | £819.0k |
| Cash | £274.6k | £242.4k |
| Debtors | £430.3k | £576.6k |
| Net assets | £641.4k | £561.5k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-01-30➕KEEVILL, Michelle appointeddirector
- 2025-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-01-16🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2024-05-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-08-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-08-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-08-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-08-11➖WINTER, Steven Paul resigneddirector
- 2023-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-26📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-01-05🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2020-10-01📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-09-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2020-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-02-06➕WINTER, Steven Paul appointeddirector
- 2014-07-30🏢Company incorporatedAs AUTOEXCEL VEHICLE SERVICES LTD
- 2014-07-30➕KEEVILL, Robert James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
41/100
Moderate signalSome 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Zulu Trading Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Zulu Trading Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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AUTOEXCEL VEHICLE SERVICES LTD
This company · 09153702
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Zulu Trading Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 11/08/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Robert James Keevillceased 11/08/2023· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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
Incorporated2014-07-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
Unit 9d Brook Lane
Westbury
Wiltshire
BA13 4EN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last: 2026-01-15
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
KEEVILL, Michelle→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2026-01-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KEEVILL, Robert James→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2014-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WINTER, Steven Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2019-02-06 · resigned 2023-08-11
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 16/01/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/01/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 24/09/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (34 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-08-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03