CAR PHONE INSTALLATIONS LIMITED

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04113035 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-23
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.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26301
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.7y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
78 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2023-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  7. 2020-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-07-03
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-12-22
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2016-12-15
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    DIXON, Kirsty resigned
    director
  13. 2016-11-15
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2016-11-04
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2016-11-03
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    DIXON, Kirsty appointed
    director
  16. 2016-11-02
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    DIXON, Kirsty resigned
    director
  17. 2016-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-05-09
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  19. 2016-04-26
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    DIXON, Kirsty appointed
    director
  20. 2013-12-31
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    HUBBERT, Daniel Mark resigned
    director
  21. 2007-12-01
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    HUBBERT, Daniel Mark appointed
    director
  22. 2006-01-27
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    O'ROUKE, Wayne resigned
    director
  23. 2005-08-22
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    O'ROUKE, Wayne appointed
    director
  24. 2004-07-27
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    FAIRHEAD, Stuart Anthony resigned
    director
  25. 2004-02-13
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    AKESTER, Nicholas resigned
    director
  26. 2002-12-01
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    FAIRHEAD, Stuart Anthony appointed
    director
  27. 2001-11-19
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    AKESTER, Nicholas appointed
    director
  28. 2001-11-18
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    BLAKESTONE, Simon resigned
    director
  29. 2001-10-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  30. 2000-11-23
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    Company incorporated
    As CAR PHONE INSTALLATIONS LIMITED
  31. 2000-11-23
    ➕
    HUBERT, Elaine appointed
    secretary
  32. 2000-11-23
    ➕
    STAINTHORP, Ian Frank appointed
    director
  33. 2000-11-23
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2000-11-23
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2000-11-23
    ➕
    BLAKESTONE, Simon appointed
    director
  36. 2000-11-23
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  37. 2000-11-23
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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.)

Group structure

Vip Communications (Hull) Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Vip Communications (Hull) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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CAR PHONE INSTALLATIONS LIMITED
This company · 04113035

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Kirsty Dixon
Individual · British · DOB 07/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Vip Communications (Hull) Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-11-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26301 — SIC 26301

Registered office

Salisbury House Saxon Way
Priory Park
Hessle
East Yorkshire
HU13 9PB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

HUBERT, Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2000-11-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STAINTHORP, Ian Frank→
director · ~69y · appointed 2000-11-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-11-23 · resigned 2000-11-23
Resigned
AKESTER, Nicholas→
director · ~52y · appointed 2001-11-19 · resigned 2004-02-13
Resigned
BLAKESTONE, Simon→
director · ~51y · appointed 2000-11-23 · resigned 2001-11-18
Resigned
DIXON, Kirsty→
director · ~49y · appointed 2016-11-03 · resigned 2016-12-15
Resigned
DIXON, Kirsty→
director · ~49y · appointed 2016-04-26 · resigned 2016-11-02
Resigned
FAIRHEAD, Stuart Anthony→
director · ~48y · appointed 2002-12-01 · resigned 2004-07-27
Resigned
HUBBERT, Daniel Mark→
director · ~49y · appointed 2007-12-01 · resigned 2013-12-31
Resigned
O'ROUKE, Wayne→
director · ~54y · appointed 2005-08-22 · resigned 2006-01-27
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-11-23 · resigned 2000-11-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property02/10/2001—
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Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-04