TDC AUTOS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC737786 · ltd · incorporated 2022-07-07
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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: medium (78/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-02-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-02-01
    ➕
    KHAN, Carol Ann appointed
    director
  7. 2023-07-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-08-04
    ➖
    KHAN, Carol Ann resigned
    director
  9. 2022-08-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-08-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2022-07-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-07-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2022-07-07
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    Company incorporated
    As TDC AUTOS LIMITED
  14. 2022-07-07
    ➕
    KHAN, Darren appointed
    director
  15. 2022-07-07
    ➕
    KHAN, Carol Ann appointed
    director
  16. 2022-07-07
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Darren Khan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1976 · age 50
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control07/07/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Carol Ann Khanceased 04/08/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2022-07-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

448 Dundyvan Road
Coatbridge
ML5 4AX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-20
Last: 2025-07-06

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

KHAN, Carol Ann→
director · ~52y · appointed 2024-02-01
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Active
KHAN, Darren→
director · ~50y · appointed 2022-07-07
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Active
KHAN, Carol Ann→
director · ~52y · appointed 2022-07-07 · resigned 2022-08-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-07-07