CARS LAND LTD

🌿Early-stageactive

SC799478 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-17

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

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45112

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

49320SIC 49320
62020Information technology consultancy activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

18 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28

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

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

2025-11-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-13
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ZIA, Rabya appointed
director
2025-05-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-12
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-12
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-12
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-12
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-01-05
➖
SAJJAD, Umair resigned
director
2025-01-04
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JAVAID, Nadia resigned
director
2025-01-03
➕
ZIA, Rabya appointed
secretary
2024-05-07
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-05-04
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-01
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ZIA, Rabya resigned
director
2024-03-08
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-07
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-20
➕
SAJJAD, Umair appointed
director
2024-02-17
🏢
Company incorporated
As CARS LAND LTD
2024-02-17
➕
JAVAID, Nadia appointed
director
2024-02-17
➕
ZIA, Rabya appointed
director
2024-02-17
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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.
+Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

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.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Rabya Zia Individual · Pakistani · DOB 01/1993 · age 33	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest	05/01/2025

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Ms Nadia Javaidceased 04/01/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Ms Rabya Ziaceased 01/05/2024· 25-50% shares
Mrs Rabya Ziaceased 07/03/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

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BURRA MOTOR REPAIRS LIMITED→ SC442953 · est 2013	—	—	—	500	13y	75	53y
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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8 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

Typeltd

Incorporated2024-02-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Mathias Lyons House Esplanade

Lerwick

Shetland

ZE1 0LL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-22

Last: 2026-03-08

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ZIA, Rabya→

secretary · appointed 2025-01-03

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ZIA, Rabya→

director · ~33y · appointed 2025-05-13

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

JAVAID, Nadia→

director · ~40y · appointed 2024-02-17 · resigned 2025-01-04

Resigned

SAJJAD, Umair→

director · ~38y · appointed 2024-02-20 · resigned 2025-01-05

Resigned

ZIA, Rabya→

director · ~32y · appointed 2024-02-17 · resigned 2024-05-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (18 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-11-18

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-05-13

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-13

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-01-12

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-01-12

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-01-12

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-01-12

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-01-12

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2025-01-12

second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date

confirmation-statement · RP04CS01

2024-05-07

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2024-05-04

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-05-04

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2024-03-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-08