AUTOBITZ ONLINE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14232103 · ltd · incorporated 2022-07-13
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
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-41.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £41,357

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£41k
↓ 250% YoY
Current Assets
£88k
↓ 6.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£41k-£14k£13k£40k£67k£94kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£-41.1k£-11.8k
Current assets£87.9k£94.5k
Net assets£-41.4k£-11.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2023-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-07-13
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTOBITZ ONLINE LTD
  7. 2022-07-13
    LIPPETT, Carol Sylvia appointed
    director
  8. 2022-07-13
    LIPPETT, Jason Adam appointed
    director
  9. 2022-07-13
    LIPPETT, Sarah Joanna appointed
    director
  10. 2022-07-13
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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
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jason Adam Lippett
Individual · British · DOB 09/1995 · age 31
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control13/07/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Carol Sylvia Lippettceased 13/07/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2022-07-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

5 Milton Park Road
Weston-Super-Mare
BS22 8DX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

LIPPETT, Carol Sylvia
director · ~64y · appointed 2022-07-13
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Active
LIPPETT, Jason Adam
director · ~31y · appointed 2022-07-13
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Active
LIPPETT, Sarah Joanna
director · ~33y · appointed 2022-07-13
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-06-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-07-13