COURT AUTO DISMANTLERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06595801 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-19

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 12.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to May 2025

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38320

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.9y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 12.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

44 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-01-08
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2018-01-08
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2017-02-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-01
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-03-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-18
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2016-01-15
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2015-06-07
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2013-08-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2008-05-19
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Company incorporated
As COURT AUTO DISMANTLERS LIMITED
2008-05-19
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WORRALL, Breta appointed
secretary
2008-05-19
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WORRALL, Breta appointed
director
2008-05-19
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WORRALL, Carl appointed
director
2008-05-19
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WORRALL, John appointed
director
2008-05-19
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WORRALL, Lee appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-05-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

108 Mackadown Lane Tile Cross

Birmingham

West Midlands

B33 0JD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-02

Last: 2026-05-19

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

WORRALL, Breta→

secretary · appointed 2008-05-19

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WORRALL, Breta→

director · ~82y · appointed 2008-05-19

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WORRALL, Carl→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-05-19

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WORRALL, John→

director · ~85y · appointed 2008-05-19

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Active

WORRALL, Lee→

director · ~56y · appointed 2008-05-19

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	08/01/2018	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	15/01/2016	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	16/08/2013	—

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