AUTOVAUX LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC265569 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-29
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£29.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.9y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £29,615

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£30k
↑ 58% YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↑ 8.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£12k£18k£24k£30kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£29.6k£18.8k
Current assets£22.5k£20.7k
Net assets£29.6k£18.8k

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-11-26
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  3. 2023-12-18
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  4. 2022-09-20
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  5. 2021-10-11
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  6. 2021-03-04
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    address · AD01
  7. 2021-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2019-10-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2019-10-09
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-08-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2019-08-19
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  14. 2019-08-19
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  16. 2019-08-19
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  17. 2019-08-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2009-06-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2004-03-30
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2004-03-30
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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  21. 2004-03-29
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTOVAUX LIMITED
  22. 2004-03-29
    ➕
    BURNS, Pamela appointed
    secretary
  23. 2004-03-29
    ➕
    BURNS, Derek Edmond appointed
    director
  24. 2004-03-29
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    BURNS, Pamela appointed
    director
  25. 2004-03-29
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-03-29
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Derek Edmond Burns
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Pamela Burnsceased 30/03/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2004-03-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

69 Carron Place
East Kilbride
Glasgow
G75 0YL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BURNS, Pamela→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-29
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Active
BURNS, Derek Edmond→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-03-29
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Active
BURNS, Pamela→
director · ~49y · appointed 2004-03-29
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Active
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-29 · resigned 2004-03-30
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-03-29 · resigned 2004-03-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property19/06/2009—
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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-10-11