ANGLO CARBON (AUTO) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
00923962 · ltd · incorporated 1967-11-30
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£300
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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)
Positive net assets
Net assets £300

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£300
~ YoY
Current Assets
£300
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£60£120£180£240£300Apr 2024Apr 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£300£300
Current assets£300£300
Net assets£300£300

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-06
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-04-06
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2023-01-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-13
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2019-10-04
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-08-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-08-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 1967-11-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANGLO CARBON (AUTO) LIMITED

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 59 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 59 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 Peter Barrie Wray
Individual · British · DOB 10/1942 · age 84
5075%
50-75% shares06/04/2016

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Other · LS postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
A S PROPERTIES SERVICES LIMITED
05639677 · est 2005 · no financials extracted
20y
A TINCHY BIT OF SPARKLE LTD
14037711 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
4y
AMBERHAWK LIMITED
07885420 · est 2011 · no financials extracted
14y
ANDREW JAMES LOVATT LTD
15774633 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
ANGLO CARBON (INDUSTRIAL) LIMITED
00923901 · est 1967 · no financials extracted
58y
AQL (DATACENTRES) LTD
08543916 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
12y
AQUAMARINE SYSTEMS LIMITED
03898250 · est 1999 · no financials extracted
26y
AQUASMITH FIRE SPRINKLERS LTD
13896862 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
4y
ARC NOMINEES LIMITED
14084448 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
ARCON PLANT LIMITED
01740059 · est 1983 · no financials extracted
42y
ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND TRUSTEE LIMITED
11185188 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
8y
ARNDALE HOUSE LIVERPOOL RTM COMPANY LIMITED
13686081 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
4y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1967-11-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Waterloo Mills
Waterloo Road
Pudsey
West Yorkshire
LS28 8DQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WRAY, Joan
secretary
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WRAY, Peter Barrie
director · ~84y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (87 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-30