ALL CAR BUYERS LTD

🌳Matureactive
09889524 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-25
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
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£-19.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
33 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £19,950
Cash YoY
+90%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£46k
↑ 90% YoY
Net Worth
-£20k
↑ 36% YoY
Current Assets
£61k
↑ 38% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£31k-£13k£6k£24k£43k£61kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£3.4k£-2.3k
Current assets£61.3k£44.5k
Cash£45.9k£24.2k
Debtors£414£301
Net assets£-19.9k£-31.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-06
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    LONG, Carla appointed
    director
  8. 2021-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-02
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2020-12-01
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  12. 2020-08-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-14
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2019-06-08
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  16. 2019-05-21
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  17. 2018-10-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2018-08-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2015-11-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ALL CAR BUYERS LTD
  20. 2015-11-25
    ➕
    WHITE, Martin Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Martin Paul White
Individual · British · DOB 02/1984 · age 42
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control24/11/2016

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
Incorporated2015-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

Brook House
Moss Grove
Kingswinford
DY6 9HS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-08
Last: 2025-11-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LONG, Carla→
director · ~49y · appointed 2021-04-06
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Active
WHITE, Martin Paul→
director · ~42y · appointed 2015-11-25
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Active

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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-22
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2020-12-02
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2020-12-01