AUTUS UK LTD

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09511198 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-26
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£226.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
  • 68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: property-backed borrower with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 2.0y

0/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Newest facility, 2.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

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
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
79
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £226,678

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£41k
Net Worth
£227k
↑ 5601% YoY
Current Assets
£95k
↑ 1964% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£45k£91k£136k£181k£227kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-302024-03-30
Total assets£594.7k£4.8k
Current assets£94.6k£4.6k
Cash£41.1k
Debtors£53.5k
Net assets£226.7k£4.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 3 address
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-26
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    address · RP10
  3. 2026-01-26
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    address · RP09
  4. 2026-01-22
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    address · AD01
  5. 2025-12-17
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    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2025-12-16
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Landbay Partners Limited
  7. 2025-11-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2025-11-12
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: The Mortgage Lender Limited
  9. 2025-03-12
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    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2025-03-12
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Kensington Mortgage Company Limited
  11. 2024-07-19
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    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2024-07-16
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: West One Loan Limited
  13. 2024-07-04
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    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2024-07-04
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    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2024-07-04
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    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2024-07-04
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2024-06-28
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: State Bank of India (UK) Limited
  18. 2024-06-28
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: State Bank of India (UK) Limited
  19. 2024-06-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: State Bank of India (UK) Limited
  20. 2024-06-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: State Bank of India (UK) Limited
  21. 2024-06-11
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    accounts · AA
  22. 2023-12-08
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    officers · TM02
  23. 2023-12-06
    TELFORD, Gwendoline resigned
    secretary
  24. 2023-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  25. 2023-03-29
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  26. 2022-03-22
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    accounts · AA
  27. 2021-12-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  28. 2019-01-20
    TELFORD, Gwendoline appointed
    secretary
  29. 2015-03-26
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTUS UK LTD
  30. 2015-03-26
    BECK, Steven appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

2 low
8 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Steven John Beck
Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56
75100%
75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-03-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Badgers Brook Kirtons Road
Stokeinteignhead
Newton Abbot,
Devon
TQ12 4QW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BECK, Steven
director · ~56y · appointed 2015-03-26
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Active
TELFORD, Gwendoline
secretary · appointed 2019-01-20 · resigned 2023-12-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

8
Total charges
8
Outstanding
5
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Landbay
Landbay Partners Limited
A registered charge1 property16/12/2025
outstanding
The Mortgage Lender
The Mortgage Lender Limited
A registered charge1 property12/11/2025
outstanding
Kensington Mortgage Company
Kensington Mortgage Company Limited
A registered charge1 property12/03/2025
outstanding
West One Loan
West One Loan Limited
A registered charge1 property16/07/2024
outstanding
State Bank of India (UK)
State Bank of India (UK) Limited
A registered charge1 property28/06/2024
outstanding
State Bank of India (UK)
State Bank of India (UK) Limited
A registered charge1 property28/06/2024
outstanding
State Bank of India (UK)
State Bank of India (UK) Limited
A registered charge1 property28/06/2024
outstanding
State Bank of India (UK)
State Bank of India (UK) Limited
A registered charge1 property28/06/2024
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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc
address · RP10
2026-01-26
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2026-01-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-22
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-12-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-07-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-07-04
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-07-04
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-07-04
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-11