AUTORD LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09775094 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-14
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
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£242
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
35 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £242
Net assets shrinking
Down £11,476 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£242
↓ 98% YoY
Current Assets
£71k
↑ 9.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £242 | £11.7k |
| Current assets | £71.2k | £64.9k |
| Net assets | £242 | £11.7k |
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 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-09📄replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP01AP01
- 2026-01-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-16➖ROSS-MARTIN, Torquil James resigneddirector
- 2025-12-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-05➖ROSS MARTIN, Nichola resignedsecretary
- 2019-11-05➖ROSS MARTIN, Nichola Anne resigneddirector
- 2019-11-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-11-05📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-10-17📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AAMD
- 2019-09-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-09-04📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2019-09-03📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2019-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-15➕ROSS- MARTIN, Alexander appointeddirector
- 2016-05-01➕ROSS-MARTIN, Torquil James appointeddirector
- 2015-09-14🏢Company incorporatedAs AUTORD LIMITED
- 2015-09-14➕LUCK, Stephen Charles appointeddirector
- 2015-09-14➕ROSS MARTIN, Nichola appointedsecretary
- 2015-09-14➕ROSS MARTIN, Nichola Anne 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
51/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- 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.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-09-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Registered office
2 Trendle Road
Taunton
TA1 4NB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last: 2025-12-12
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
LUCK, Stephen Charles→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2015-09-14
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ROSS- MARTIN, Alexander→
Activedirector · ~30y · appointed 2016-05-15
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ROSS MARTIN, Nichola→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2015-09-14 · resigned 2019-11-05
ROSS MARTIN, Nichola Anne→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2015-09-14 · resigned 2019-11-05
ROSS-MARTIN, Torquil James→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2016-05-01 · resigned 2025-12-16
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Recent filings (35 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-02-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-07