AB CARS GARFORTH LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
13188712 · ltd · incorporated 2021-02-09
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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, 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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
90
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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £7.7k |
| Current assets | — | £6.7k |
| Net assets | — | £2.7k |
| Average employees | 100 | — |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-05-01➕ALI, Mahboob appointeddirector
- 2024-10-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-10-26➕FAROOQ, Mohammed appointeddirector
- 2023-10-26➖FAROOQ, Mohammed Asim resigneddirector
- 2023-10-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-10-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-10-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-10-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-02-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-02-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-02-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-02-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-02-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-02-09🏢Company incorporatedAs AB CARS GARFORTH LTD
- 2021-02-09➕FAROOQ, Mohammed Asim appointeddirector
- 2021-02-09📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
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 65 — 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 65. 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Mohammed Farooq Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 26/10/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Mohammed Asim Farooqceased 26/10/2023· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-02-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320
Registered office
Station House Station Road
Garforth
Leeds
LS25 1PY
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
ALI, Mahboob→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2025-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FAROOQ, Mohammed→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2023-10-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FAROOQ, Mohammed Asim→
Resigneddirector · ~35y · appointed 2021-02-09 · resigned 2023-10-26
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Recent filings (24 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23