ANGUS AUTOGAS CONVERSIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC358636 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-24

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£-89.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (76/100)

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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

39 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £89,683

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£90k

↓ 3.4% YoY

Current Assets

£9k

↑ 22% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-89.7k	£-86.7k
Current assets	£8.9k	£7.3k
Net assets	£-89.7k	£-86.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-11-21
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2024-12-20
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2023-12-12
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2022-12-19
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accounts · AA
2021-12-09
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accounts · AA
2020-12-18
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2019-12-20
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2018-12-18
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accounts · AA
2017-12-20
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accounts · AA
2016-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-24
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-24
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annual-return · AR01
2014-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-04-24
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2013-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2009-04-24
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Company incorporated
As ANGUS AUTOGAS CONVERSIONS LIMITED
2009-04-24
➕
HILL, Angela Vivienne appointed
secretary
2009-04-24
➕
HILL, Simon Robert appointed
director

Owner dependency

98/100

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Simon Robert Hill Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	24/04/2017

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

Incorporated2009-04-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

95 Chapman Drive

Carnoustie

DD7 6DY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-08

Last: 2025-04-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HILL, Angela Vivienne→

secretary · appointed 2009-04-24

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Active

HILL, Simon Robert→

director · ~61y · appointed 2009-04-24

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