M-TECH AUTOMOTIVE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04418813 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-17
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (75/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees1200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-30
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2023-07-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-07-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-07-04
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-09
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2022-07-05
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-05-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-05-01
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    MIREK, Francesca appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-05-01
    ➖
    MIREK, Maria resigned
    secretary
  19. 2002-04-17
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    Company incorporated
    As M-TECH AUTOMOTIVE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  20. 2002-04-17
    ➕
    MIREK, Stanislao appointed
    director
  21. 2002-04-17
    ➕
    MIREK, Maria appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-04-17
    ➕
    MORGAN WEBSTER LAWRIE (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-04-17
    ➖
    MORGAN WEBSTER LAWRIE (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-04-17
    ➕
    MWL DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-04-17
    ➖
    MWL DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Francesca Mirek
Individual · British · DOB 06/1989 · age 37
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/07/2023
Mr Stan Mirek
Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Haseley House Firs Lane
Haseley
Warwick
CV35 7LS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MIREK, Francesca→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MIREK, Stanislao→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MIREK, Maria→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-17 · resigned 2006-05-01
Resigned
MORGAN WEBSTER LAWRIE (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-17 · resigned 2002-04-17
Resigned
MWL DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-17 · resigned 2002-04-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-14
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-07-05