A & J MOT AND AUTO REPAIRS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

07648940 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-26

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

£137.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.6y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 12.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

39 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £137,664

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£138k

↑ 17% YoY

Current Assets

£5k

↓ 91% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£69.3k	£39.8k
Current assets	£4.9k	£54.7k
Net assets	£137.7k	£118.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-24
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2025-03-29
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accounts · AA
2024-03-30
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accounts · AA
2023-01-27
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accounts · AA
2021-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-13
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accounts · AA01
2019-04-10
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address · AD01
2019-04-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-04-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-04-09
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officers · TM01
2019-04-09
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officers · AP01
2019-04-08
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HALL, Ricki Lee appointed
director
2019-04-08
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BIRT, April Liberty resigned
director
2019-04-01
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accounts · AA
2017-10-12
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accounts · AA
2016-11-10
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2013-11-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2011-07-25
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BIRT, John Anthony resigned
secretary
2011-05-26
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Company incorporated
As A & J MOT AND AUTO REPAIRS LIMITED
2011-05-26
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BIRT, John Anthony appointed
secretary
2011-05-26
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BIRT, April Liberty 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 15 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ricki Lee Hall Individual · English · DOB 03/1970 · age 56	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	08/04/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs April Liberty Birtceased 08/04/2019· 50-75% shares

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

Incorporated2011-05-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

10 Lutterworth Road

Aylestone

Leicester

LE2 8PE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-09

Last: 2026-05-26

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

HALL, Ricki Lee→

director · ~56y · appointed 2019-04-08

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Active

BIRT, John Anthony→

secretary · appointed 2011-05-26 · resigned 2011-07-25

Resigned

BIRT, April Liberty→

director · ~54y · appointed 2011-05-26 · resigned 2019-04-08

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	07/11/2013	—

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