ALAN MYERSCOUGH LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02027076 · ltd · incorporated 1986-06-11
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 35.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 45112SIC 45112
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 35.9y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 35.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-06-30 | 2023-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2100 | 2200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-23📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2023-04-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-28➖MYERSCOUGH, Margaret Alice resigneddirector
- 2022-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-04-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-04-06➕MYERSCOUGH, Emily appointeddirector
- 2019-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-15📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2015-09-01➕MYERSCOUGH, Dawn appointedsecretary
- 2015-09-01➖MYERSCOUGH, Alan resignedsecretary
- 2005-04-04➖MYERSCOUGH, Nigel resigneddirector
- 1993-03-25🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Ford Credit PLC
- 1993-03-25🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Ford Credit PLC
- 1991-07-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1990-08-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1986-06-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ALAN MYERSCOUGH LIMITED
Owner dependency
96/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MYERSCOUGH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alan Myerscough Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Alan Myerscoughceased 14/05/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1986-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Registered office
The Ellers
Ulverston
Cumbria
LA12 0AA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-28
Last: 2026-05-14
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
Active
Active
MYERSCOUGH, Emily→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2019-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MYERSCOUGH, Alan→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2015-09-01
MYERSCOUGH, Margaret Alice→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · resigned 2023-02-28
MYERSCOUGH, Nigel→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · resigned 2005-04-04
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Ford Credit Ford Credit PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 25/03/1993 | — | |
| outstanding | Ford Credit Ford Credit PLC | Charge | 1 property | 25/03/1993 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 30/07/1991 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 01/08/1990 | — |
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Recent filings (109 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-21