A AND X AUTO GARAGE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

09520033 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-31

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

£5.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

24 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £5,181

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£5k

↑ 61% YoY

Current Assets

£25k

↑ 106% 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	£22.9k	£6.9k
Current assets	£24.9k	£12.1k
Net assets	£5.2k	£3.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2025-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-06-18
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officers · TM01
2018-06-10
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NARAYANAN, Ajith, Mr. resigned
director
2017-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-11-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-04-05
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annual-return · AR01
2015-03-31
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Company incorporated
As A AND X AUTO GARAGE LIMITED
2015-03-31
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THOMAS, Xavier appointed
director
2015-03-31
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NARAYANAN, Ajith, Mr. appointed
director
2015-03-31
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

83/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Xavier Thomas Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	31/03/2017

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

Incorporated2015-03-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

5 Gilchrist Close

Bessemer Road

Norwich

NR4 6AT

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-30

Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

THOMAS, Xavier→

director · ~59y · appointed 2015-03-31

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Active

NARAYANAN, Ajith, Mr.→

director · ~49y · appointed 2015-03-31 · resigned 2018-06-10

Resigned

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