AUTOSPEED SERVICING & MOT LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10713284 · ltd · incorporated 2017-04-06
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 7.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-265.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
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 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
24 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £265,485

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£80k
Net Worth
-£265k
Current Assets
£117k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-30
Total assets£-125.3k
Current assets£117.1k
Cash£80.1k
Debtors£10.3k
Net assets£-265.5k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-16
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-01-06
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-25
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-24
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-08
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    officers · AP03
  11. 2019-04-03
    ➕
    SINGH, Kiran Udho appointed
    secretary
  12. 2019-02-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2019-02-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hnw Lending Limited
  14. 2019-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-01
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    gazette · DISS40
  16. 2018-06-26
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    gazette · GAZ1
  17. 2017-04-06
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTOSPEED SERVICING & MOT LIMITED
  18. 2017-04-06
    ➕
    CLAPP, Adrian Paul appointed
    director
  19. 2017-04-06
    ➕
    ROSSITER, Lee appointed
    director
  20. 2017-04-06
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Lee Rossiter
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest06/04/2017
Mr Adrian Paul Clapp
Individual · British · DOB 12/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest06/04/2017

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
Incorporated2017-04-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

162 High Street
Portishead
Bristol
BS20 6PY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SINGH, Kiran Udho→
secretary · appointed 2019-04-03
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Active
CLAPP, Adrian Paul→
director · ~73y · appointed 2017-04-06
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Active
ROSSITER, Lee→
director · ~65y · appointed 2017-04-06
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Hnw Lending
Hnw Lending Limited
A registered charge—22/02/2019—
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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06