ACRE HILL GARAGE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04509145 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-12

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 Jul 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

64/100

Worth a look

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

64/100Worth a look

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-07-31	2023-07-31

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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2025-03-11
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2023-04-26
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2022-03-24
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accounts · AA
2021-02-24
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accounts · AA
2020-03-02
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accounts · AA
2019-04-03
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accounts · AA
2018-04-27
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accounts · AA
2017-04-27
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accounts · AA
2017-01-07
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gazette · DISS40
2017-01-05
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officers · TM01
2017-01-05
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officers · TM01
2017-01-05
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officers · TM02
2016-12-20
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gazette · GAZ1
2016-09-30
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FOWLER, Wendy Carol resigned
secretary
2016-09-30
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FOWLER, Trevor Gilbert resigned
director
2016-09-30
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FOWLER, Wendy Carol resigned
director
2016-04-26
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accounts · AA
2013-01-23
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FOWLER, Dereck appointed
director
2013-01-23
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BRYANT, Julie Sylvia resigned
director
2013-01-23
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BRYANT, Robert Christopher resigned
director
2002-08-12
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Company incorporated
As ACRE HILL GARAGE LIMITED
2002-08-12
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FOWLER, Wendy Carol appointed
secretary
2002-08-12
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-12
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-12
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BRYANT, Julie Sylvia appointed
director
2002-08-12
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BRYANT, Robert Christopher appointed
director
2002-08-12
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FOWLER, Trevor Gilbert appointed
director
2002-08-12
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FOWLER, Wendy Carol appointed
director
2002-08-12
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-08-12
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LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
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 ·

Accounts overdue

high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-30

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Dereck Fowler Individual · British · DOB 12/1981 · age 45	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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.

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-08-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Unit 5 Witney Road

Standlake

Witney

Oxfordshire

OX29 7PR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-04-30OVERDUE

Last made up to: 2024-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-14

Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

FOWLER, Dereck→

director · ~45y · appointed 2013-01-23

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Active

FOWLER, Wendy Carol→

secretary · appointed 2002-08-12 · resigned 2016-09-30

Resigned

LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-12 · resigned 2002-08-12

Resigned

BRYANT, Julie Sylvia→

director · ~71y · appointed 2002-08-12 · resigned 2013-01-23

Resigned

BRYANT, Robert Christopher→

director · ~73y · appointed 2002-08-12 · resigned 2013-01-23

Resigned

FOWLER, Trevor Gilbert→

director · ~69y · appointed 2002-08-12 · resigned 2016-09-30

Resigned

FOWLER, Wendy Carol→

director · ~75y · appointed 2002-08-12 · resigned 2016-09-30

Resigned

LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-12 · resigned 2002-08-12

Resigned

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