ACS AUTOS LTD

🌱Startupactive
15956199 · ltd · incorporated 2024-09-13
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 restoration
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 restoration
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
    📄
    administrative-restoration-company
    restoration · RT01
  2. 2026-02-17
    📄
    gazette-dissolved-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ2
  3. 2025-12-02
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2024-09-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACS AUTOS LTD
  5. 2024-09-13
    FAREED, Aasam appointed
    director
  6. 2024-09-13
    📄
    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 1.7 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 Aasam Fareed
Individual · British · DOB 11/2002 · age 24
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/09/2024

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
Incorporated2024-09-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit 4 409 King Street
Fenton
Stoke On Trent
ST4 3EF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-13
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last: 2025-09-12

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

FAREED, Aasam
director · ~24y · appointed 2024-09-13
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Recent filings (5 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
administrative-restoration-company
restoration · RT01
2026-03-27
gazette-dissolved-compulsory
gazette · GAZ2
2026-02-17
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-12-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-09-13