STIRLING CAR SALES LTD
Opportunity 72/100 (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 (73/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsFinancials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £47.6k |
| Current assets | £48.5k |
| Cash | £8.8k |
| Debtors | £39.6k |
| Net assets | £28 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-05-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-09-04📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-09-03📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-02-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-02-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-02-13➖AHMED, Abbas Sardar resigneddirector
- 2023-02-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-02-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-02-01➕AHMED, Hamzah Aziz appointeddirector
- 2022-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-06-03📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-06-01➖IQBAL, Qasim resigneddirector
- 2019-09-06🏢Company incorporatedAs STIRLING CAR SALES LTD
- 2019-09-06➕AHMED, Abbas Sardar appointeddirector
- 2019-09-06➕IQBAL, Qasim appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Hamzah Aziz Ahmed Individual · British · DOB 05/1999 · age 27 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/02/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Abbas Sardar Ahmedceased 13/02/2023· significant influence
- Mr Qasim Iqbalceased 01/06/2020· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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