The Firmwatch take
Zest Racecar Engineering Ltd (10441259) currently shows: At risk signal detected, based on accounts to 31 October 2023; last refreshed 25 May 2026. Net liabilities of £159k — assets do not cover obligations.
Companies House source·Accounts to 31 Oct 2023·Refreshed 25 May 2026·Methodology and caveats
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1 public risk event on file
Incorporated
24 October 2016
9 years on the register
Sector
Other sports activities
SIC 93199
Size
Not classified
Net assets
−£159k
Bottom 10% in sector
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Risk events
1 on file
Public Gazette / Companies House
Analytics
Risk, value and sector comparison
Insolvency risk
80/100
critical risk
Estimated public-data value
-£159,397 - £0
low confidence - negative net assets visible value
Sector comparison
Sector: Arts and Entertainment
Sample: 541 companies
Negative net assets: 25.9%
- Net assets vs sector median
- -£159,697
- Working capital vs sector median
- -£167,214
- Sector median current ratio
- 0.94
Negative net assets
Visible liabilities exceed visible assets in the extracted accounts.
Negative working capital
Short-term liabilities are higher than short-term assets in the public balance sheet.
Weak current ratio
Current assets are less than 75% of current liabilities.
Old accounts
The latest extracted accounts period is more than 30 months old.
Risk and value are estimates from public accounts only. They are not a credit score, valuation opinion or insolvency prediction guarantee. See methodology.
Balance sheet
Full extracted balance sheet
Bottom 10% in sector · Sector medians shown for 541 filers in this sector (2023).
Cash at bank
Bank balances disclosed in the public accounts.
Not disclosed
Current assets
Assets expected to turn into cash within one year.
£44,881
Current liabilities
Amounts due within one year (short-term creditors).
£217,603
Working capital
Current assets minus current liabilities.
-£165,464
Median £2k
Fixed assets
Long-term tangible and intangible assets.
Not disclosed
Total assets less current liabilities
Fixed assets plus working capital.
-£148,397
Net assets
What's left after liabilities are deducted from assets.
-£159,397
Median £300
Equity (capital & reserves)
Shareholder funds.
Not disclosed
Current ratio
Current assets divided by current liabilities. Above 1.0× is usually easier to fund.
0.2×
Median 0.9×
Figures extracted from the company's public XBRL/iXBRL filing. Fields shown as Not disclosed are not legally required for this filing type and are absent from the source document — they are not necessarily zero.
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