KINGDOM AUTO REPAIRS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC184376 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-25

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

64 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-04
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-08
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-22
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-28
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-29
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-18
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-20
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-09-27
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-11
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-10-31
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-01
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-11-04
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-03-31
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
1998-03-25
🏢
Company incorporated
As KINGDOM AUTO REPAIRS LIMITED
1998-03-25
➕
HOGAN, Margaret appointed
secretary
1998-03-25
➕
HOGAN, Eugene Lawrence appointed
director
1998-03-25
➕
COSEC LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-03-25
➖
COSEC LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-03-25
➕
CODIR LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1998-03-25
➖
CODIR LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1998-03-25
➕
COSEC LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1998-03-25
➖
COSEC LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Margaret Hogan Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	25/03/2017
Mr Eugene Lawrence Hogan Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	25/03/2017

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

Similar companies

Active · Holding company · KY postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
DELUXE PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED→ SC342609 · est 2008	£1.2k £999–£1.4k	—	£1.2k	—	17y	80	79y
SENSALERT LIMITED→ SC342266 · est 2008	£100 £85–£115	—	£100	—	18y	80	69y
INTELLICARE LIMITED→ SC166708 · est 1996	£2 £2–£2	—	£2	—	29y	80	69y
PAYWIZARD LIMITED→ SC208144 · est 2000	£1 £1–£1	—	£1	—	25y	80	65y
CARTMORE TRANSPORT LIMITED→ SC110226 · est 1988	—	—	—	0	38y	82	78y
FOCUS SUBSEA LIMITED→ SC303004 · est 2006	—	—	—	—	19y	81	58y
PURPLE VENTURE NOMINEES LIMITED→ SC210229 · est 2000	—	—	—	—	25y	81	65y
PURPLE VENTURE SECRETARIES LIMITED→ SC210231 · est 2000	—	—	—	—	25y	81	65y
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC227021 · est 2002 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	80	65y
DREAMWORK LIMITED→ SC304857 · est 2006	—	—	—	—	19y	80	68y
EDEN-DALE ESTATE AGENCY LIMITED→ SC051968 · est 1972	—	—	—	0	53y	80	76y
HALBEATH FARM (HOLDINGS) LIMITED→ SC164376 · est 1996	—	—	—	0	30y	80	72y

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-03-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

9 Whitehill Road

Whitehill Industrial Estate

Glenrothes

Fife

KY6 2RW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-08

Last: 2026-03-25

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HOGAN, Margaret→

secretary · appointed 1998-03-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HOGAN, Eugene Lawrence→

director · ~66y · appointed 1998-03-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

COSEC LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-25 · resigned 1998-03-25

Resigned

CODIR LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-03-25 · resigned 1998-03-25

Resigned

COSEC LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-03-25 · resigned 1998-03-25

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.