A40 CONCRETE LTD

💤Zombieactive
14178704 · ltd · incorporated 2022-06-17
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.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 11 → 15
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 1115
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (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, 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 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
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
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 £100
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£100
~ YoY
Net Worth
£100
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£20£40£60£80£100Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£100£100
Cash£100£100
Net assets£100£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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
4
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-06-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-27
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2024-11-08
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2024-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-05-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-05-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-06-17
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    Company incorporated
    As A40 CONCRETE LTD
  11. 2022-06-17
    BROWN, Maya appointed
    director
  12. 2022-06-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-11-27: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2024-11-08: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Maya Brown
Individual · British · DOB 08/1992 · age 34
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control17/06/2022

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
Incorporated2022-06-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77320 — Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Registered office

4 Grovelands Boundary Way
Hemel Hempstead
Herts
HP2 7TE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-06
Last: 2026-06-22

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BROWN, Maya
director · ~34y · appointed 2022-06-17
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Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-11-27
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-18
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-06-17