AUTO MOTORVAN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06066167 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-24

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

£8.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45190

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 (77/100)

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

50 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £8,706

Net assets shrinking

Down £510 YoY

Cash YoY

-6%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£9k

↓ 5.5% YoY

Net Worth

£9k

↓ 5.5% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£8.7k	£9.2k
Cash	£9.1k	£9.6k
Net assets	£8.7k	£9.2k

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

• 4 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-01-22
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2018-11-22
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2016-02-19
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2007-01-24
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Company incorporated
As AUTO MOTORVAN LIMITED
2007-01-24
➕
WOOD, Vanessa Nadine appointed
secretary
2007-01-24
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WOOD, David appointed
director
2007-01-24
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M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-01-24
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M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED resigned
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2007-01-24
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DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-01-24
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DOUGLAS NOMINEES 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Wood Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	24/01/2017
Mrs Vanessa Nadine Wood Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58	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.

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ASJ AUTOMOTIVE LTD→ 14132783 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
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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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-01-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190

Registered office

Unit A, Brookhouse Industrial

Estate, Cheadle

Staffordshire

ST10 1SR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-07

Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WOOD, Vanessa Nadine→

secretary · appointed 2007-01-24

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Active

WOOD, David→

director · ~58y · appointed 2007-01-24

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Active

M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-01-24 · resigned 2007-01-24

Resigned

DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-24 · resigned 2007-01-24

Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-29

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2026-01-22

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2026-01-20

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2026-01-20

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2026-01-20