A1 EXPRESS TAXI LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05683555 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-22
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). 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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-19
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-09-19
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-09-19
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2023-09-19
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-09-18
    RAJ, Kuldip appointed
    director
  9. 2023-09-18
    THANDI, Kuldip Singh resigned
    director
  10. 2022-07-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-08-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-06-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-21
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-06-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-07-18
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2016-06-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-06-04
    SINGH, Major resigned
    director
  20. 2015-06-04
    THANDI, Kuldip Singh appointed
    director
  21. 2006-01-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A1 EXPRESS TAXI LIMITED
  22. 2006-01-22
    DAUL, Lakhwinder Singh appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-01-22
    SINGH, Major appointed
    director

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 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kuldip Raj
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
2550%
25-50% shares18/09/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Kuldip Singh Thandiceased 18/09/2023· significant influence

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Transport & logistics · WS postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
1ST CHOICE AUTOS LTD
10551537 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
9y
24/7 CARS LICHFIELD LTD
11582962 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
7y
2523 LTD
07108773 · est 2009 · no financials extracted
16y
2GT TRANSPORT LIMITED
10833182 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
8y
3KK LOGISTICS LTD
14567740 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
3y
3SS SERVICES LTD
16282022 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
4 A TRANSPORT LIMITED
14175068 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
4K DRIVER LIMITED
14876119 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
50 50 TRANSPORT LIMITED
07035503 · est 2009 · no financials extracted
16y
A D COURIERS UK LTD
10984352 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
8y
A1 EXPRESS CARS MIDLANDS LTD
16453812 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
A2B DRIVER HIRE LIMITED
13085646 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
5y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-01-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

112 Milton Street
Walsall
West Midlands
WS1 4LA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DAUL, Lakhwinder Singh
secretary · appointed 2006-01-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAJ, Kuldip
director · ~67y · appointed 2023-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SINGH, Major
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-01-22 · resigned 2015-06-04
Resigned
THANDI, Kuldip Singh
director · ~62y · appointed 2015-06-04 · resigned 2023-09-18
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (49 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-09-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-21