AC BODY REPAIRS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07454902 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-30

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 10.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2025

Net worth

£76.0k

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

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.5y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 10.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

44 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £75,958

Net assets shrinking

Down £25,862 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£76k

↓ 25% YoY

Current Assets

£33k

↓ 60% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30
Total assets	£103.5k	£134.3k
Current assets	£33.4k	£83.8k
Net assets	£76.0k	£101.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-03-18
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accounts · AA
2025-08-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-12-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-10-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-08-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-12-12
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officers · CH01
2017-08-11
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accounts · AA
2017-01-24
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JONES, Lorri Ann appointed
director
2017-01-24
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officers · AP01
2015-10-28
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COCKS, Anthony Colin resigned
director
2015-10-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2010-11-30
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Company incorporated
As AC BODY REPAIRS LIMITED
2010-11-30
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JONES, Steven Neil appointed
director
2010-11-30
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COCKS, Anthony Colin appointed
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Lorri Ann Jones Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/11/2019
Mr Steven Neil Jones Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	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

Incorporated2010-11-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

99 Wellington Road North

Stockport

Cheshire

SK4 2LP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-13

Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

JONES, Lorri Ann→

director · ~64y · appointed 2017-01-24

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JONES, Steven Neil→

director · ~64y · appointed 2010-11-30

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Active

COCKS, Anthony Colin→

director · ~70y · appointed 2010-11-30 · resigned 2015-10-28

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	14/10/2015	—

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