AAA PERFORMANCE CARS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14901607 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-29
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 May 2025
Net worth
£-99.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (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: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
12 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £99,832
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Net assets shrinking
Down £99,833 YoY
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£100k
↓ 9983300% YoY
Current Assets
£139k
↑ 3840% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£100k-£52k-£4k£44k£92k£139kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£143.0k£3.5k
Current assets£139.3k£3.5k
Net assets£-99.8k£1

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-16
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-01-16
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-01-16
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-09-17
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-07-15
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-01-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-01-01
    CRAVEN, Natalie Louisa appointed
    director
  10. 2023-05-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AAA PERFORMANCE CARS LTD
  11. 2023-05-29
    NISILL, John appointed
    director
  12. 2023-05-29
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Nisill
Individual · British · DOB 12/1981 · age 45
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest29/05/2023

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
Incorporated2023-05-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Unit1 Sandwash Business Park
Sandwash Close
Rainford
WA11 8LY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CRAVEN, Natalie Louisa
director · ~45y · appointed 2024-01-01
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Active
NISILL, John
director · ~45y · appointed 2023-05-29
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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-29