AUTOMOTIVE AUTOMATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10220020 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-08
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
£-27.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52219
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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, 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
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 £27,777
Cash YoY
-18%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£290
↓ 18% YoY
Net Worth
-£28k
↑ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£31k
↑ 414% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£40k-£26k-£12k£3k£17k£31kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£-27.1k£-39.3k
Current assets£30.8k£6.0k
Cash£290£355
Debtors£30.6k£5.6k
Net assets£-27.8k£-39.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-28
    ➖
    OWEN, Abbi Georgina resigned
    secretary
  5. 2023-06-28
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-09-26
    ➕
    HIGGINS, Brian Richard appointed
    director
  9. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-06-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2021-04-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-06-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2019-06-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2019-04-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-04-17
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2019-04-09
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  19. 2019-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-12-04
    ➕
    WOOD, Matthew Alexander Christopher appointed
    director
  21. 2016-06-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AUTOMOTIVE AUTOMATION LIMITED
  22. 2016-06-08
    ➕
    BETTLES, Luke Steven appointed
    director
  23. 2016-06-08
    ➕
    OWEN, Abbi Georgina appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

Succession & seller-readiness

35/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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 Luke Steven Bettles
Individual · English · DOB 03/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/06/2017
Mr Matthew Alexander Christopher Wood
Individual · British · DOB 03/1985 · age 41
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Davendar Meseckceased 26/01/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2016-06-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52219 — SIC 52219

Registered office

31 Shrewsbury Road
Hadnall
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY4 4AG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-21
Last: 2026-06-07

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BETTLES, Luke Steven→
director · ~46y · appointed 2016-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HIGGINS, Brian Richard→
director · ~53y · appointed 2022-09-26
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Active
WOOD, Matthew Alexander Christopher→
director · ~41y · appointed 2018-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OWEN, Abbi Georgina→
secretary · appointed 2016-06-08 · resigned 2023-06-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-06-21