AUTOMOTIVE HUB LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

12695026 · ltd · incorporated 2020-06-24

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 5.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 5.6y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 5.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

21 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-30	2023-12-30
Average employees	2	400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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4 signals 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-01-23
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MALLINSON, Zoe Marie appointed
secretary
2026-01-23
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MALLINSON, Zoe Marie appointed
director
2026-01-23
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officers · AP03
2026-01-23
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officers · AP01
2025-11-28
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MCVEIGH, Marcus Peter resigned
secretary
2025-11-28
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MCVEIGH, Marcus Peter resigned
director
2025-11-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-28
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-03-04
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officers · AP01
2024-03-01
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ROBERTS, Christopher Roger appointed
director
2024-02-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-21
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BRADFORD, Darren John resigned
director
2023-09-22
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accounts · AA
2022-07-28
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mortgage · MR04
2022-07-28
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Charge satisfied #1
2022-05-05
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mortgage · MR01
2022-04-29
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2022-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-07-07
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accounts · AA01
2020-12-01
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-11-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2020-06-24
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Company incorporated
As AUTOMOTIVE HUB LTD
2020-06-24
➕
LORD, Frank Douglas appointed
director
2020-06-24
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WILSON, Robin appointed
director
2020-06-24
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WILSON, Thomas Robin appointed
director
2020-06-24
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MCVEIGH, Marcus Peter appointed
secretary
2020-06-24
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BRADFORD, Darren John appointed
director
2020-06-24
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MCVEIGH, Marcus Peter appointed
director
2020-06-24
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: MCVEIGH, Marcus Peter resigned 2025-11-28; MCVEIGH, Marcus Peter resigned 2025-11-28

Group structure

Rjtk Investments Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Rjtk Investments Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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AUTOMOTIVE HUB LTD

This company · 12695026

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
Rjtk Investments Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	24/06/2020

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

Incorporated2020-06-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

C/O Wilson & Co Hewitts Avenue

Hewitts Circus

Grimsby

North East Lincolnshire

DN36 4SE

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-23

Last made up to: 2024-12-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-07

Last: 2026-06-23