CLASSIC AUTOS OF KINGS LANGLEY LLP

💤Zombieactive
OC344988 · llp · incorporated 2009-04-20
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£86.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.6y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £86,563
Net assets shrinking
Down £64,000 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£87k
↓ 43% YoY
Current Assets
£117k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£36k£71k£107k£143k£178kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Total assets£89.7k£153.7k
Current assets£117.3k£178.4k
Net assets£86.6k£150.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-10
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  2. 2025-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC01
  4. 2025-06-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC01
  5. 2025-06-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC01
  6. 2025-05-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC07
  7. 2025-05-27
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    termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
    officers · LLTM01
  8. 2025-05-12
    ➖
    FINBURGH, Aubrey resigned
    llp-designated-member
  9. 2025-04-07
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  10. 2025-04-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC07
  11. 2024-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2024-08-30
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    termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
    officers · LLTM01
  13. 2024-07-04
    ➖
    FINBURGH, Felicity resigned
    llp-designated-member
  14. 2024-04-09
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  15. 2023-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2023-10-27
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    change-account-reference-date-limited-liability-partnership-current-shortened
    accounts · LLAA01
  17. 2023-04-12
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  18. 2022-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2022-04-08
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  20. 2021-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2021-04-22
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  22. 2020-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  23. 2020-04-09
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  24. 2020-01-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  25. 2019-04-16
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  26. 2019-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  27. 2018-04-09
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  28. 2011-05-01
    ➕
    FINBURGH, Jeremy appointed
    llp-designated-member
  29. 2011-05-01
    ➕
    FINBURGH, Nicholas appointed
    llp-designated-member
  30. 2011-05-01
    ➕
    FINBURGH, Vanessa appointed
    llp-designated-member
  31. 2009-12-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  32. 2009-04-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CLASSIC AUTOS OF KINGS LANGLEY LLP
  33. 2009-04-20
    ➕
    FINBURGH, Aubrey appointed
    llp-designated-member
  34. 2009-04-20
    ➕
    FINBURGH, Felicity appointed
    llp-designated-member

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas Finburgh
Individual · British · DOB 09/1977 · age 49
—25–50%25-50% voting12/05/2025
Ms Vanessa Finburgh
Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57
—25–50%25-50% voting12/05/2025
Mr Jeremy Finburgh
Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55
—25–50%25-50% voting12/05/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Aubrey Finburghceased 12/05/2025· 50-75% voting
  • Mrs Felicity Finburghceased 04/07/2024· 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2009-04-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC—

Registered office

10 High Street
Kings Langley
Hertfordshire
WD4 3BH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FINBURGH, Jeremy→
llp-designated-member · ~55y · appointed 2011-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FINBURGH, Nicholas→
llp-designated-member · ~49y · appointed 2011-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FINBURGH, Vanessa→
llp-designated-member · ~57y · appointed 2011-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FINBURGH, Aubrey→
llp-designated-member · ~84y · appointed 2009-04-20 · resigned 2025-05-12
Resigned
FINBURGH, Felicity→
llp-designated-member · ~81y · appointed 2009-04-20 · resigned 2024-07-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property01/12/2009—
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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC01
2025-06-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC01
2025-06-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC01
2025-06-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC07
2025-05-27
termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
officers · LLTM01
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-04-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC07
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-08
termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
officers · LLTM01
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-24
change-account-reference-date-limited-liability-partnership-current-shortened
accounts · LLAA01
2023-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2023-04-12