CAR AND VAN FAST SOLUTIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive
12278796 · ltd · incorporated 2019-10-24
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£69.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (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: 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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £69,693

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£70k
↑ 50% YoY
Current Assets
£125k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£25k£50k£75k£100k£125kOct 2023Oct 2024

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£124.1k£100.8k
Current assets£125.1k£101.8k
Net assets£69.7k£46.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-10-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-21
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-06-21
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-06-01
    ➖
    DUNN, Philip Martin resigned
    director
  7. 2024-04-07
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-11-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-09-04
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-09-04
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-09-04
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2023-08-31
    ➕
    ROGERSON, Lindsay Ann appointed
    director
  13. 2023-08-31
    ➕
    DUNN, Philip Martin appointed
    director
  14. 2023-08-31
    ➖
    ROGERSON, Lindsay Ann resigned
    director
  15. 2022-06-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-10-31
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2021-03-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-10-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CAR AND VAN FAST SOLUTIONS LTD
  19. 2019-10-24
    ➕
    ROGERSON, Lindsay Ann appointed
    director
  20. 2019-10-24
    📄
    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 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Miss Lindsay Ann Rogerson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
75–100%
—75-100% shares24/10/2019

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Automotive · SK postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
B & F AUTOS (NW) LTD→
12026446 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————6y——
BLAIRJAMES LTD→
16763091 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
BLUE EDGE TRADING LIMITED→
15737943 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
BROOK KNIGHTS LTD→
10681608 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
————9y——
BUS 2 HGV LTD→
12357722 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————6y——
BUXTON CAR CENTRE LIMITED→
15607227 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————2y——
BUYSELL CAR GLOBALLY LTD→
12137749 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————6y——
CABMATE LIMITED→
11155973 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
————8y——
CAMPERVANS-EN-LE-FRITH LIMITED→
13123131 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————5y——
CAPITAL AND GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY LIMITED(THE)→
00955340 · est 1969 · no financials extracted
————56y——
CAR ACCESSORY HUB LTD→
16478131 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
CAR CARE CENTRE (PADFIELD) LIMITED→
06302347 · est 2007 · no financials extracted
————18y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-10-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

2 Railway Cottages
Bredbury
Stockport
SK6 2AG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-06
Last: 2025-10-23

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

ROGERSON, Lindsay Ann→
director · ~61y · appointed 2023-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUNN, Philip Martin→
director · ~65y · appointed 2023-08-31 · resigned 2024-06-01
Resigned
ROGERSON, Lindsay Ann→
director · ~61y · appointed 2019-10-24 · resigned 2023-08-31
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (20 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-20