B. C-N. AUTO REFINISHING SUPPLIERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

01480839 · ltd · incorporated 1980-02-21

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

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 45.2y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 45.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

97 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Average employees	600	600

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 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-11-28
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accounts · AA
2024-11-28
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accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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accounts · AA
2022-11-28
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accounts · AA
2021-11-29
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accounts · AA
2020-11-30
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accounts · AA
2019-11-28
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accounts · AA
2018-11-15
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accounts · AA
2017-11-09
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accounts · AA
2017-07-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-10-25
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accounts · AA
2016-07-27
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officers · CH03
2016-07-20
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officers · CH01
2016-06-28
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annual-return · AR01
2015-11-27
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accounts · AA
2012-08-05
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CORNWALL-NASH, Basil resigned
director
2000-07-11
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CORNWALL-NASH, James appointed
secretary
2000-07-11
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CORNWALL-NASH, Gwendoline resigned
secretary
2000-07-11
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CORNWALL-NASH, Gwendoline resigned
director
1990-08-06
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1981-04-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1980-02-21
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Company incorporated
As B. C-N. AUTO REFINISHING SUPPLIERS LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100

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 70 — succession pressure is live.

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 70 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 46 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Cornwall-Nash Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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

Incorporated1980-02-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Unit 4 , Ordnance Street

Furthergate Ind. Estate

Blackburn

Lancashire

BB1 3AE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-28

Last: 2026-06-14

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

CORNWALL-NASH, James→

secretary · appointed 2000-07-11

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Active

CORNWALL-NASH, James→

director · ~70y

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Active

CORNWALL-NASH, Gwendoline→

secretary · resigned 2000-07-11

Resigned

CORNWALL-NASH, Basil→

director · ~104y · resigned 2012-08-05

Resigned

CORNWALL-NASH, Gwendoline→

director · ~104y · resigned 2000-07-11

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	06/08/1990	—
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Charge	1 property	24/04/1981	—

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