AUSTOPS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09514102 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-27
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). 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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
34 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.

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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees151500

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 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-04-01
    ➕
    FIRBANK, Carol appointed
    director
  4. 2025-03-31
    ➖
    AUSTERFIELD, Deborah Carr resigned
    director
  5. 2025-03-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2023-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-03-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  11. 2022-11-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-10-26
    ➕
    AUSTERFIELD, Zoe Kay appointed
    director
  13. 2022-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-03-10
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  15. 2022-03-10
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  16. 2021-09-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2021-09-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2021-09-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2021-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-12-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  22. 2017-03-29
    ➕
    AUSTERFIELD, Jon Max appointed
    director
  23. 2015-03-27
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    Company incorporated
    As AUSTOPS LIMITED
  24. 2015-03-27
    ➕
    AUSTERFIELD, John Gary appointed
    director
  25. 2015-03-27
    ➕
    AUSTERFIELD, Deborah Carr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 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.)

Group structure

Austops Property Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Austops Property Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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AUSTOPS LIMITED
This company · 09514102

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
Austops Property Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting16/06/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Gary Austerfieldceased 16/06/2022· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2015-03-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290

Registered office

Unit 1 Barkhouse Wood Lane
Birkin
Knottingley
WF11 9LU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-03
Last: 2026-01-20

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

AUSTERFIELD, John Gary→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AUSTERFIELD, Jon Max→
director · ~38y · appointed 2017-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AUSTERFIELD, Zoe Kay→
director · ~41y · appointed 2022-10-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIRBANK, Carol→
director · ~70y · appointed 2025-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AUSTERFIELD, Deborah Carr→
director · ~64y · appointed 2015-03-27 · resigned 2025-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-24