CABCO GARAGE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15257537 · ltd · incorporated 2023-11-03
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (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 (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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-30

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-10
    MARES, Florinel-Lian resigned
    director
  2. 2025-11-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-11-10
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-08-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-04-02
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2025-04-02
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2025-04-01
    MARES, Florinel-Lian appointed
    director
  8. 2025-04-01
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2025-04-01
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2025-04-01
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2025-01-28
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  12. 2023-11-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CABCO GARAGE LTD
  13. 2023-11-03
    TANASIE, Denisa Gherghina appointed
    director
  14. 2023-11-03
    📄
    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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-04-02: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Denisa Gherghina Tanasie
Individual · Romanian · DOB 10/1991 · age 35
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/11/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Florinel-Lian Maresceased 10/11/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest

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
Incorporated2023-11-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit A, Intex House Aylesham Industrial Estate
Aylesham
Canterbury
CT3 3EP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

TANASIE, Denisa Gherghina
director · ~35y · appointed 2023-11-03
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Active
MARES, Florinel-Lian
director · ~38y · appointed 2025-04-01 · resigned 2025-11-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (13 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-20
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-04-02
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-01
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-01-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-11-03