A12 CAR WASH LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15154291 · ltd · incorporated 2023-09-21
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£33.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

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: 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 (69/100)

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
2 officers (1 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
9 filings
60
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 £33,660

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£34k
Current Assets
£79k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-30
Total assets£940
Current assets£78.9k
Net assets£33.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-08
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-06-02
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-06-02
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-06-01
    POPA, Marian appointed
    director
  5. 2025-05-31
    PACA, Arlind resigned
    director
  6. 2025-04-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-05-20
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  8. 2023-09-27
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-09-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A12 CAR WASH LTD
  10. 2023-09-21
    PACA, Arlind appointed
    director
  11. 2023-09-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

clean
No 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Arilnd Paca
Individual · Albanian · DOB 12/1997 · age 29
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/09/2023

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
Incorporated2023-09-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81299 — Other cleaning services

Registered office

164 Mawney Road
Romford
RM7 7BE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-04
Last: 2025-09-20

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

POPA, Marian
director · ~34y · appointed 2025-06-01
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Active
PACA, Arlind
director · ~29y · appointed 2023-09-21 · resigned 2025-05-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (9 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2024-05-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-09-21