L & S AUTOS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06507351 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-18

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	400	400

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-04-09
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2025-06-06
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2024-04-19
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2023-09-27
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2022-07-11
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2021-04-12
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2021-02-23
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officers · CH01
2021-02-23
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officers · CH01
2021-02-23
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officers · CH03
2020-05-14
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accounts · AA
2019-11-06
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capital · SH08
2019-05-15
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accounts · AA
2019-02-18
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address · AD01
2018-09-27
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accounts · AA
2017-10-31
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capital · SH01
2017-10-31
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accounts · AA01
2008-02-18
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Company incorporated
As L & S AUTOS LIMITED
2008-02-18
➕
DELLA ROCCA, Lidio appointed
secretary
2008-02-18
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DELLA ROCCA, Lidio appointed
director
2008-02-18
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DELLA ROCCA, Marco appointed
director
2008-02-18
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-02-18
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-02-18
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2008-02-18
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Lidio Della Rocca Individual · Italian · DOB 10/1948 · age 78	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2008-02-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

76 Bridgford Road

West Bridgford

Nottingham

NG2 6AX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-04

Last: 2026-02-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DELLA ROCCA, Lidio→

secretary · appointed 2008-02-18

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Active

DELLA ROCCA, Lidio→

director · ~78y · appointed 2008-02-18

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Active

DELLA ROCCA, Marco→

director · ~50y · appointed 2008-02-18

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Active

YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-02-18 · resigned 2008-02-18

Resigned

YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-02-18 · resigned 2008-02-18

Resigned

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