777 AUTOMOTIVE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15212798 · ltd · incorporated 2023-10-16
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.
Why now
Window opening · high confidence
More negotiable than before — 4 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 70
  • · Opportunity score: 71 → 63
  • · Bankability: 70 → 65
  • · Refinance opportunity: no_debt → clean_up_first
Opportunity decay
softening · 6-months
Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.
  • · 4 recent signals weakening vs 1 strengthening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 4 negative signals vs 1 positive.

  • Opportunity score: 7163
  • Hygiene score: 9070
  • Bankability: 7065
  • Live charges: 01
  • Filings: 810
  • +2 more
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£8.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed automotive with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.2y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £8,944

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£9k
Current Assets
£79k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-31
Total assets£78.6k
Current assets£78.8k
Net assets£8.9k

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

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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 mortgage
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 mortgage
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-05-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Reward Finance Group Limited
  3. 2026-05-12
    WALKER, Justine Anne appointed
    director
  4. 2026-05-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-01-06
    MARTIN, Michael appointed
    director
  7. 2025-01-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-10-24
    BARNES, John Leigh resigned
    director
  9. 2024-10-24
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-10-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2024-04-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2023-10-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 777 AUTOMOTIVE LTD
  13. 2023-10-16
    NORTON, Jack Charlie appointed
    secretary
  14. 2023-10-16
    NORTON, Jack Charlie appointed
    director
  15. 2023-10-16
    BARNES, John Leigh appointed
    director
  16. 2023-10-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

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

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-12

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jack Charlie Norton
Individual · British · DOB 07/1994 · age 32
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/10/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Leigh Barnesceased 24/10/2024· 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
Incorporated2023-10-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Unit 2 First Floor Bridgnorth Road
Wollaston
Stourbridge
DY8 3QG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-12OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-29

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

NORTON, Jack Charlie
secretary · appointed 2023-10-16
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Active
MARTIN, Michael
director · ~41y · appointed 2025-01-06
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Active
NORTON, Jack Charlie
director · ~32y · appointed 2023-10-16
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Active
WALKER, Justine Anne
director · ~56y · appointed 2026-05-12
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Active
BARNES, John Leigh
director · ~59y · appointed 2023-10-16 · resigned 2024-10-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Reward Finance Group
Reward Finance Group Limited
A registered charge1 property14/05/2026
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Recent filings (10 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-05-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-10-16