AUTOMATION CONTROLS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12427222 · ltd · incorporated 2020-01-27
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 4.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.4y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.4 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
38 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 | 2026-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 22 | 1900 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-28📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-01-28📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2026-01-28📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2026-01-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-01-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-01-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-02-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank Public Limited Company
- 2021-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-04📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-09-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-09-04📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-09-04📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-09-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-01-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-01-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-06-01➕CHALLINOR, Matthew appointeddirector
- 2020-06-01➕JOHNSON, Robert appointeddirector
- 2020-06-01➖GHOSH ROY, Subir resigneddirector
- 2020-06-01➖1STCHOICE NOMINEE SERVICES LTD resignedcorporate-director
- 2020-01-27🏢Company incorporatedAs AUTOMATION CONTROLS LIMITED
- 2020-01-27➕GHOSH ROY, Subir appointeddirector
- 2020-01-27➕1STCHOICE NOMINEE SERVICES LTD appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
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
Automation Controls Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Automation Controls Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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AUTOMATION CONTROLS LIMITED
This company · 12427222
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Automation Controls Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 14/01/2026 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Level 42 Holdings Limitedceased 14/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Lumacett Holdings Limitedceased 14/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Matthew Challinorceased 27/06/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
- 1stchoice Nominee Services Ltdceased 26/06/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
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.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-01-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Registered office
The Oakley
Kidderminster Road
Droitwich
Worcestershire
WR9 9AY
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-08
Last: 2026-01-25
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
CHALLINOR, Matthew→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2020-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JOHNSON, Robert→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2020-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GHOSH ROY, Subir→
Resigneddirector · ~38y · appointed 2020-01-27 · resigned 2020-06-01
1STCHOICE NOMINEE SERVICES LTD→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2020-01-27 · resigned 2020-06-01
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank Public Company National Westminster Bank Public Limited Company | A registered charge | — | 21/02/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (38 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-01-28
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-01-28
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-01-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-01-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31