AS CAR DISMANTLERS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10964429 · ltd · incorporated 2017-09-14
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£166.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 2 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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £166,640

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£167k
Current Assets
£210k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£42k£84k£126k£168k£210kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Current assets£209.7k—
Net assets£166.6k—
Average employees—200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-06-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-06-01
    ➕
    MARTIN, Sarah Diane appointed
    director
  4. 2025-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-09-14
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    Company incorporated
    As AS CAR DISMANTLERS LIMITED
  13. 2017-09-14
    ➕
    MARTIN, Anton appointed
    director
  14. 2017-09-14
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anton Martin
Individual · English · DOB 04/1982 · age 44
——sig. influencesignificant influence14/09/2017

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
Incorporated2017-09-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

The Carrups
Green Lane, Red Lodge
Bury St. Edmunds
IP28 8LD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MARTIN, Anton→
director · ~44y · appointed 2017-09-14
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Active
MARTIN, Sarah Diane→
director · ~45y · appointed 2026-06-01
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Active

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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-14