AUSTIN MOTORS SPARES SERVICE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11179496 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2018-01-31
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£16.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -53% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £16,203
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,308 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 53% YoY
Cash YoY
-53%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 53% YoY
Net Worth
£16k
↓ 7.5% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£7k£11k£14k£18kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Cash£1.8k£3.9k
Net assets£16.2k£17.5k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-31
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    MORONEY, Michael Roy Richard resigned
    director
  5. 2023-01-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-25
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-19
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    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-09-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-08-27
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    EATOUGH, Michael John resigned
    director
  12. 2019-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-11-20
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    address · AD01
  15. 2018-11-20
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    address · AD01
  16. 2018-06-26
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  17. 2018-06-26
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  18. 2018-05-09
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  19. 2018-05-09
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  20. 2018-05-08
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    PRINN, Richard William appointed
    director
  21. 2018-05-08
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    PROUDLOCK, Nicholas Ian appointed
    director
  22. 2018-05-08
    ➕
    EATOUGH, Michael John appointed
    director
  23. 2018-05-08
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    MORONEY, Michael Roy Richard appointed
    director
  24. 2018-01-31
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    Company incorporated
    As AUSTIN MOTORS SPARES SERVICE LIMITED
  25. 2018-01-31
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    PRINN, Robert John appointed
    director

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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert John Prinn
Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69
—75–100%board control75-100% voting · board control31/01/2018

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2018-01-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

Towngate House
2-8 Parkstone Road
Poole
Dorset
BH15 2PW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PRINN, Richard William→
director · ~67y · appointed 2018-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRINN, Robert John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2018-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PROUDLOCK, Nicholas Ian→
director · ~75y · appointed 2018-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EATOUGH, Michael John→
director · ~75y · appointed 2018-05-08 · resigned 2020-08-27
Resigned
MORONEY, Michael Roy Richard→
director · ~83y · appointed 2018-05-08 · resigned 2023-01-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-09-08