AUTOBAHN SERVICE CENTRE LTD

🌳Matureactive
09684514 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-14
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
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-11.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £11,933
Cash YoY
+100%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↑ 100% YoY
Net Worth
-£12k
↓ 40% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↑ 100% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£12k-£9k-£6k-£3k£253£3kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£-11.9k£-8.5k
Current assets£3.3k£1.6k
Cash£3.3k£1.6k
Net assets£-11.9k£-8.5k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-03-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-26
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    capital · SH01
  11. 2019-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2017-07-07
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-06-01
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    MILLER, Adam appointed
    director
  16. 2017-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-07-14
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTOBAHN SERVICE CENTRE LTD
  18. 2015-07-14
    ➕
    KANDOLA, Davinder 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some 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

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
Mr Adam James Miller
Individual · British · DOB 07/1980 · age 46
25–50%
—sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence06/04/2016
Mr Davinder Singh Kandola
Individual · British · DOB 01/1984 · age 42
25–50%
—sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-07-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit 11 Tractor Spares Industrial Estate
Strawberry Lane
Wolverhampton
WV13 3RN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KANDOLA, Davinder→
director · ~42y · appointed 2015-07-14
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Active
MILLER, Adam→
director · ~46y · appointed 2017-06-01
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Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-30