2020 VISION AND AUTOMATION LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12266601 · ltd · incorporated 2019-10-16
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security systems service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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 (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
17 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees200200

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-05-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-04-29
    ➖
    WHEELER, Patricia Ann resigned
    director
  10. 2022-04-29
    ➖
    WHEELER, Robert Douglas resigned
    director
  11. 2021-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-10-16
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    Company incorporated
    As 2020 VISION AND AUTOMATION LTD
  14. 2019-10-16
    ➕
    CROWTHER, Claire Marie appointed
    director
  15. 2019-10-16
    ➕
    CROWTHER, Gavin appointed
    director
  16. 2019-10-16
    ➕
    WHEELER, Patricia Ann appointed
    director
  17. 2019-10-16
    ➕
    WHEELER, Robert Douglas appointed
    director
  18. 2019-10-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-10-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities

Registered office

C/O Broughton Lambert Accountants Boundary Lane Enterprise Park
South Hykeham
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
LN6 9NQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-29
Last: 2025-10-15

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CROWTHER, Claire Marie→
director · ~53y · appointed 2019-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROWTHER, Gavin→
director · ~47y · appointed 2019-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHEELER, Patricia Ann→
director · ~81y · appointed 2019-10-16 · resigned 2022-04-29
Resigned
WHEELER, Robert Douglas→
director · ~78y · appointed 2019-10-16 · resigned 2022-04-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (17 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-30