ABARTH RACING UK LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08214005 · ltd · incorporated 2012-09-13
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-1.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,258
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£1k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-1.3k | £-1.3k |
| Net assets | £-1.3k | £-1.3k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-15📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-08-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-07-10➖NOKES, David Justin resigneddirector
- 2021-03-18➕HYAMS, Michael appointeddirector
- 2021-03-18➕NOKES, David Justin appointeddirector
- 2021-03-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-03-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-03-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-03-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2012-09-13🏢Company incorporatedAs ABARTH RACING UK LIMITED
- 2012-09-13➕DAWSON, James Andrew appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr James Andrew Dawson Individual · British · DOB 01/1947 · age 79 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 13/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-09-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Abarth Racing Uk Atl Technology Centre
Denbigh Road
Bletchley
Milton Keynes
MK1 1DF
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
DAWSON, James Andrew→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2012-09-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HYAMS, Michael→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2021-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NOKES, David Justin→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2021-03-18 · resigned 2021-07-10
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Recent filings (37 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-18