ATOM CABS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15477109 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-09
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£-32.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £32,893

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£8k
Net Worth
-£33k
Current Assets
£12k
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-30
Total assets£-32.9k
Current assets£12.2k
Cash£7.7k
Debtors£4.5k
Net assets£-32.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-02-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2026-02-18
    ➕
    QUARESMA, Jake Gary appointed
    director
  4. 2025-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-09-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-05-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-09-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-09-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-09-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2024-09-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-09-01
    ➕
    KASPRZYCKI, Piotr appointed
    director
  12. 2024-07-09
    ➖
    KASPRZYCKI, Janusz resigned
    director
  13. 2024-07-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2024-07-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2024-07-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2024-02-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ATOM CABS LTD
  17. 2024-02-09
    ➕
    QUARESMA, Richard Jacob appointed
    director
  18. 2024-02-09
    ➕
    KASPRZYCKI, Janusz appointed
    director
  19. 2024-02-09
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    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
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.3 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Jacob Quaresma
Individual · Dutch · DOB 04/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/02/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Janusz Kasprzyckiceased 09/07/2024· 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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-02-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

1 Churchwell Close
Bradford Abbas
Sherborne
Dorset
DT9 6SP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

KASPRZYCKI, Piotr→
director · ~26y · appointed 2024-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
QUARESMA, Jake Gary→
director · ~19y · appointed 2026-02-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
QUARESMA, Richard Jacob→
director · ~50y · appointed 2024-02-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KASPRZYCKI, Janusz→
director · ~48y · appointed 2024-02-09 · resigned 2024-07-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (18 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-05-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-09-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-09