BACK 2 BASE VEHICLE RECOVERY & ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC724545 · ltd · incorporated 2022-02-28
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Treatment and coating of metals
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-03
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2023-05-02
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-12-23
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-02-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BACK 2 BASE VEHICLE RECOVERY & ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE LTD
  8. 2022-02-28
    MITCHELL, Barry Paul appointed
    director
  9. 2022-02-28
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-13

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Barry Paul Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 05/1987 · age 39
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/02/2022

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
Incorporated2022-02-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25610 — Treatment and coating of metals

Registered office

8 Coneypark Crescent
Banknock
Bonnybridge
FK4 1TT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-13OVERDUE
Last: 2025-02-27

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MITCHELL, Barry Paul
director · ~39y · appointed 2022-02-28
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Recent filings (10 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-05-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-02-28