AS YORKSHIRE LOGISTICS & CARS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15711018 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-09
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
56/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 52290Other transportation support activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 56/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
56/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
56
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 dissolution
Last 90 days
6
filings
  • 3 address
  • 2 dissolution
  • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 3 address
  • 2 dissolution
  • 1 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-16
    📄
    dissolution-voluntary-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · SOAS(A)
  2. 2026-06-02
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  3. 2026-05-26
    📍
    default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc
    address · RP10
  4. 2026-05-26
    📍
    default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
    address · RP09
  5. 2026-05-26
    📍
    default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
    address · RP05
  6. 2026-05-21
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  7. 2025-12-04
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2024-05-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AS YORKSHIRE LOGISTICS & CARS LTD
  9. 2024-05-09
    SOHAIL, Amir appointed
    director
  10. 2024-05-09
    📄
    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 2.2 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 high · 1 med · 1 low
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-09

Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2025-12-04: certificate-change-of-name-company

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 Amir Sohail
Individual · British · DOB 01/1993 · age 33
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control09/05/2024

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
Incorporated2024-05-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

15711018 - COMPANIES HOUSE DEFAULT ADDRESS
Cardiff
CF14 8LH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-02-09OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-09
Last: 2025-07-26

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SOHAIL, Amir
director · ~33y · appointed 2024-05-09
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Recent filings (10 total)

dissolution-voluntary-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · SOAS(A)
2026-07-16
gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-06-02
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc
address · RP10
2026-05-26
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2026-05-26
default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
address · RP05
2026-05-26
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-05-21
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-09