A1 AUTO HUB LTD

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16505494 · ltd · incorporated 2025-06-09
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
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 77110Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-10-20
    KHAN, Ayesha appointed
    director
  3. 2025-06-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A1 AUTO HUB LTD
  4. 2025-06-09
    CHOHAN, Sabeel Ahmad appointed
    director
  5. 2025-06-09
    📄
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 0.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Sabeel Ahmad Chohan
Individual · Pakistani · DOB 12/1989 · age 37
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control09/06/2025

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
Incorporated2025-06-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

36 Oxford Street
Leigh
WN7 1NG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-22
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CHOHAN, Sabeel Ahmad
director · ~37y · appointed 2025-06-09
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KHAN, Ayesha
director · ~31y · appointed 2025-10-20
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Recent filings (2 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-06-09