AUTOGLAZE STOKE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09502010 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-20
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
£61.0k
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 with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
36 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 £61,000
Net assets shrinking
Down £21,520 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£61k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£100k
↑ 3.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£20k£40k£60k£80k£100kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£82.7k£109.3k
Current assets£100.2k£96.9k
Net assets£61.0k£82.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-09-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-02-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-02-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-02-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-02-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2017-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-11-23
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    BALL, Francis Jeffrey appointed
    director
  17. 2015-03-20
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTOGLAZE STOKE LIMITED
  18. 2015-03-20
    ➕
    BALL, Matthew appointed
    director
  19. 2015-03-20
    ➕
    HARRIS, Lee 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 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Matthew Ball
Individual · British · DOB 02/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/03/2017
Lee Harris
Individual · British · DOB 06/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/03/2017

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
Incorporated2015-03-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

The Coach House
60 Nile Street
Stoke-On-Trent
ST6 2BH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BALL, Francis Jeffrey→
director · ~74y · appointed 2016-11-23
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Active
BALL, Matthew→
director · ~48y · appointed 2015-03-20
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Active
HARRIS, Lee→
director · ~48y · appointed 2015-03-20
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Active

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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-18