2US 4 CARS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11826122 · ltd · incorporated 2019-02-14
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.6y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
29 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 500 | 800 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-09-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Le Capital UK (Asset 1) Limited
- 2024-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-31📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-01-31📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-01-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-25➖ROWBOTHAM, Neil Clifford resigneddirector
- 2024-01-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-09-11📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-09-11📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-09-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-09-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-09-27📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-09-26➕PHILLIPS, James appointeddirector
- 2022-09-26➕POHREBIENYK, Wayne appointeddirector
- 2022-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-02-14🏢Company incorporatedAs 2US 4 CARS LTD
- 2019-02-14➕ROWBOTHAM, Neil Clifford 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 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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James Phillips Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 26/09/2022 |
Mr Wayne Pohrebienyk Individual · British · DOB 02/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 08/10/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Neil Clifford Rowbothamceased 07/01/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| 2 MANY CARS LIMITED→ 13312846 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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| A & A MOTORS (NORTHWEST) LTD→ 12096672 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-02-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112
Registered office
Newchurch Road
Stacksteads
Bacup
Lancashire
OL13 0NN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
PHILLIPS, James→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2022-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
POHREBIENYK, Wayne→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2022-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROWBOTHAM, Neil Clifford→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2019-02-14 · resigned 2024-01-25
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Le Capital UK (Asset 1) Le Capital UK (Asset 1) Limited | A registered charge | — | 05/09/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (29 total)
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-09-11
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22