BLACK COUNTRY DRIVING ACADEMY LIMITED

⚰️Wound downdissolved
14304440 · ltd · incorporated 2022-08-18
Investment thesis
Company dissolved — not a live target.
Why interesting: Historical record only; useful for precedent research.
Why risky: Not transactable.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£1.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
53/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Driving school activities
Sector: Education
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed education with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 53/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Company dissolved. Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
53/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
20
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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 £1,058

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1k
Current Assets
£2k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-31
Total assets£1.1k
Current assets£1.5k
Net assets£1.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 dissolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-21
    📄
    gazette-dissolved-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ2(A)
  2. 2026-07-21
    🏁
    Company dissolved
  3. 2026-05-26
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2026-05-05
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  5. 2026-04-22
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  6. 2025-05-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BLACK COUNTRY DRIVING ACADEMY LIMITED
  9. 2022-08-18
    CHIRICUTA, Andrei Emanuel appointed
    director
  10. 2022-08-18
    📄
    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 high ·
Company dissolved
high

Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.

Evidence: Dissolved on 2026-07-21

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrei Emanuel Chiricuta
Individual · British,Romanian · DOB 07/1987 · age 39
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/08/2022

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusdissolved
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-08-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85530 — Driving school activities

Registered office

49 Meadow Road
Dudley
DY1 3JU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due:
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due:
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (0 active · 0 resigned)

CHIRICUTA, Andrei Emanuel
director · ~39y · appointed 2022-08-18
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Recent filings (10 total)

gazette-dissolved-voluntary
gazette · GAZ2(A)
2026-07-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-05-26
gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-05-05
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-08-18