ASTON STREET MOTORS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
13259242 · ltd · incorporated 2021-03-11
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 1.3y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.3 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-05-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-05-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2025-03-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-03-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2025-03-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-05-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-05-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-07-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-07-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-07-01➕WOOLLEY, Marie appointeddirector
- 2021-03-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ASTON STREET MOTORS LTD
- 2021-03-11➕WOOLLEY, Matthew appointeddirector
- 2021-03-11📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Matthew Woolley Individual · British · DOB 01/1989 · age 37 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 11/03/2021 |
Mrs Marie Woolley Individual · British · DOB 08/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/03/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
Aston Street Motors
Brick Kiln Street
Tipton
West Midlands
DY4 9BP
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
WOOLLEY, Marie→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2021-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WOOLLEY, Matthew→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2021-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/05/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 18/03/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (21 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-27
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16