ATALANTA MOTORS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06881999 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-20
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2025-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2023-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-03-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-03-10
    CORFIELD, Martyn Melvyn appointed
    director
  10. 2022-03-10
    BRADLEY, Mark Hilton resigned
    director
  11. 2022-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-07-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  14. 2020-07-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-05-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  16. 2020-05-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2020-04-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2020-03-06
    BRADLEY, Mark Hilton appointed
    director
  19. 2020-03-06
    CORFIELD, Martyn Melvyn resigned
    director
  20. 2020-03-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2020-03-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2020-01-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  23. 2009-04-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ATALANTA MOTORS LIMITED
  24. 2009-04-20
    CORFIELD, Martyn Melvyn appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Atalanta Motor Cars Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Atalanta Motor Cars Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ATALANTA MOTORS LIMITED
This company · 06881999

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Atalanta Motor Cars Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/06/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Martyn Melvyn Corfieldceased 29/06/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2009-04-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Unit 10 Emerald Way
Stone Business Park
Stone
Staffordshire
ST15 0SR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-03
Last: 2026-04-19

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

CORFIELD, Martyn Melvyn
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-03-10
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Active
BRADLEY, Mark Hilton
director · ~57y · appointed 2020-03-06 · resigned 2022-03-10
Resigned
CORFIELD, Martyn Melvyn
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-04-20 · resigned 2020-03-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-20