1 ON 1 RIDER TRAINING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06679162 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-21
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£51.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Driving school activities
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
41 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £51,321

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£51k
↑ 57% YoY
Current Assets
£79k
↑ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£16k£32k£47k£63k£79kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£54.2k£38.1k
Current assets£78.9k£58.9k
Net assets£51.3k£32.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-11-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2017-11-15
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  14. 2017-11-14
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    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2017-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-08-21
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    Company incorporated
    As 1 ON 1 RIDER TRAINING LIMITED
  17. 2008-08-21
    MILLS, Martyn appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 18 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martyn Mills
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-08-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85530 — Driving school activities

Registered office

3 Doolittle Yard Froghall Road
Ampthill
Bedford
MK45 2NW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MILLS, Martyn
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-08-21
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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-08