UNITED PARTS LTD

💤Zombieactive

04430575 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-02

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£3.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed trade-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

69 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,699

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£9k

Net Worth

£4k

↑ 230% YoY

Current Assets

£97k

↑ 3.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£4.7k	£2.1k
Current assets	£96.6k	£93.6k
Cash	£9.1k	—
Debtors	£13.6k	£15.9k
Net assets	£3.7k	£1.1k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-06
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-12-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-12-14
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2016-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-02
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-01-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2006-12-05
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INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2005-07-12
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O'DONOVAN, Sean Roderick resigned
secretary
2005-07-12
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INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-01-25
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O'DONOVAN, Sean Roderick appointed
secretary
2002-05-14
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GRAY, Sandra appointed
secretary
2002-05-14
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GRAY, James appointed
director
2002-05-14
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CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-05-14
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CREDITREFORM LIMITED resigned
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2002-05-02
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Company incorporated
As UNITED PARTS LTD
2002-05-02
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CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-05-02
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CREDITREFORM LIMITED appointed
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 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
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.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-16

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Gray Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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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

Incorporated2002-05-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Station Farm Station Road

Kirton Lindsey

Gainsborough

DN21 4BD

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-16OVERDUE

Last: 2025-05-02

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

GRAY, Sandra→

secretary · appointed 2002-05-14

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Active

GRAY, James→

director · ~58y · appointed 2002-05-14

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Active

O'DONOVAN, Sean Roderick→

secretary · appointed 2003-01-25 · resigned 2005-07-12

Resigned

CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-05-02 · resigned 2002-05-14

Resigned

INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-07-12 · resigned 2006-12-05

Resigned

CREDITREFORM LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-05-02 · resigned 2002-05-14

Resigned

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