AUTO PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10415928 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-07
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25940
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (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: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2026-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-04-29📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-04-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-03-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-08📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-07🏢Company incorporatedAs AUTO PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED
- 2016-10-07➕ATKINSON, Sandra Jane appointedsecretary
- 2016-10-07➕ATKINSON, Sandra Jane appointeddirector
- 2016-10-07➕ATKINSON, Simon 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Arenosa Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Arenosa Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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AUTO PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED
This company · 10415928
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Arenosa Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 21/02/2017 |
Mr Simon Atkinson Individual · English · DOB 10/1970 · age 56 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 07/10/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Sandra Jane Atkinsonceased 21/02/2017· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-10-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25940 — SIC 25940
Registered office
Unit 100c Ashchurch Business Centre
Alexandra Way
Tewkesbury
GL20 8TD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
ATKINSON, Sandra Jane→
Activesecretary · appointed 2016-10-07
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ATKINSON, Sandra Jane→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2016-10-07
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ATKINSON, Simon→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2016-10-07
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Recent filings (36 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-04-29
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-04-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-08