247 LONDON CARS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14601091 · ltd · incorporated 2023-01-18
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£20.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £20,707
Cash YoY
+45%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£26k
↑ 45% YoY
Net Worth
£21k
↑ 181% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£5k£11k£16k£21k£26kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£20.7k£7.4k
Cash£26.3k£18.1k
Net assets£20.7k£7.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-02-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-11
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2024-06-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  7. 2024-06-18
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  8. 2024-06-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  9. 2024-06-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2023-06-26
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-06-19
    ➖
    HOLNESS, Charlie Henry Victor resigned
    director
  12. 2023-05-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2023-05-10
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2023-04-18
    ➕
    ALLEN, Desmond appointed
    director
  15. 2023-04-18
    ➕
    HOLNESS, Charlie Henry Victor appointed
    director
  16. 2023-02-27
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2023-02-27
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2023-02-10
    ➖
    ALLEN, Desmond resigned
    director
  19. 2023-02-10
    ➖
    HOLNESS, Charlie Henry Victor resigned
    director
  20. 2023-01-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 247 LONDON CARS LIMITED
  21. 2023-01-18
    ➕
    HENRY, Liam appointed
    director
  22. 2023-01-18
    ➕
    ALLEN, Desmond appointed
    director
  23. 2023-01-18
    ➕
    HOLNESS, Charlie Henry Victor appointed
    director
  24. 2023-01-18
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

247 London Concierge Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
247 London Concierge Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
⬇
247 LONDON CARS LIMITED
This company · 14601091

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
247 London Concierge Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest18/01/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Charlie Henry Victor Holnessceased 19/06/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2023-01-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

Freedman House Christopher Wren Yard
117 High Street
Croydon
Surrey
CR0 1QG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ALLEN, Desmond→
director · ~33y · appointed 2023-04-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HENRY, Liam→
director · ~38y · appointed 2023-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLEN, Desmond→
director · ~33y · appointed 2023-01-18 · resigned 2023-02-10
Resigned
HOLNESS, Charlie Henry Victor→
director · ~34y · appointed 2023-04-18 · resigned 2023-06-19
Resigned
HOLNESS, Charlie Henry Victor→
director · ~34y · appointed 2023-01-18 · resigned 2023-02-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-07-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-06-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-06-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-06-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-10