AUTOQUALITY WIGAN GROUP LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
13993769 · ltd · incorporated 2022-03-22
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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 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 | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £400.1k |
| Current assets | — | £100 |
| Net assets | — | £229.1k |
| Average employees | 0 | — |
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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-08-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-08-07➖HOLMES, Victoria Marjorie resigneddirector
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-08-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-08-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-03-22🏢Company incorporatedAs AUTOQUALITY WIGAN GROUP LIMITED
- 2022-03-22➕HOLMES, Andrew appointeddirector
- 2022-03-22➕JONES, Matthew Robert Ankers appointeddirector
- 2022-03-22➕HOLMES, Victoria Marjorie appointeddirector
- 2022-03-22📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
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.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Matthew Robert Ankers Jones Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 22/03/2022 |
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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| A & J BEST HOLDINGS LTD→ 10017531 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| ADVANCE LAND DEVELOPMENT LTD→ 09274277 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
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| AQUA TRACKSIDE LTD→ 03089045 · est 1995 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 30y | — | — |
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| ARD MANAGEMENT LTD→ 16851639 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AUTOQUALITY WIGAN HOLDINGS LIMITED→ 09709996 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| AXIS HOUSING LTD→ 16555092 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AZTEC INDUSTRIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED→ 03815817 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 3 Rosebridge Way
Ince
Wigan
WN1 3DP
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
HOLMES, Andrew→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2022-03-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JONES, Matthew Robert Ankers→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2022-03-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOLMES, Victoria Marjorie→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2022-03-22 · resigned 2025-08-07
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Recent filings (14 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-10
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-03-22