ALAN CAUSEY AUTOSPORT LTD
💤Zombieactive
06004275 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-21
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 3 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
- · Deal-killer verdict: complicated → workable
- · Hygiene score: 85 → 90
- · PSC count: 0 → 1
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
- · 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days
Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.
- ↑Deal-killer verdict: complicated → workable
- ↑Hygiene score: 85 → 90
- ↑PSC count: 0 → 1
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£2.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (76/100)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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £2,632
Cash YoY
+186%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£6k
↑ 186% YoY
Net Worth
£3k
↑ 127% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↑ 366% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £3.8k | £-6.5k |
| Current assets | £9.5k | £2.0k |
| Cash | £5.8k | £2.0k |
| Debtors | £3.7k | — |
| Net assets | £2.6k | £-9.6k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-02-16📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2019-02-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-02-12📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2018-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-05📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2016-08-01➖COUPE, Lyn resignedsecretary
- 2006-11-21🏢Company incorporatedAs ALAN CAUSEY AUTOSPORT LTD
- 2006-11-21➕CAUSEY, Alan appointeddirector
- 2006-11-21➕COUPE, Lyn appointedsecretary
- 2006-11-21➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-11-21➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CAUSEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
78/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alan Causey Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-11-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
4 Mason Court Gillan Way
Penrith 40 Business Park
Penrith
CA11 9GR
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-05
Last: 2025-11-21
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
CAUSEY, Alan→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2006-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COUPE, Lyn→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-11-21 · resigned 2016-08-01
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-11-21 · resigned 2006-11-21
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Recent filings (48 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-06-06