ALLPARTS NI TRACTOR PLANT & AGRI SPARES LTD

💤Zombieactive
NI630681 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£57.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (69/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £57,712

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£58k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£176k
↑ 5.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£35k£70k£106k£141k£176kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£135.8k£135.2k
Current assets£176.2k£167.8k
Net assets£57.7k£48.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-13
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-04-26
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-05-26
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    annual-return · AR01
  11. 2016-04-20
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-06-25
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    accounts · AA01
  13. 2015-04-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLPARTS NI TRACTOR PLANT & AGRI SPARES LTD
  14. 2015-04-15
    HAMILTON, Ross appointed
    director
  15. 2015-04-15
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    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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
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.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-04-15
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

45 Tullycar Road
Castlederg
Co. Tyrone
BT81 7YB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-29
Last: 2025-04-15

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HAMILTON, Ross
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-04-15
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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-05-15