JOHN PEARSON (MOTORS) 1924 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC013450 · ltd · incorporated 1924-12-30

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 16.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2023

Net worth

£4.36M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.9y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 16.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (7 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

119 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,363,715

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3.5m

Net Worth

£4.4m

Current Assets

£4.9m

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2023-09-30
Total assets	£4.40M
Current assets	£4.90M
Cash	£3.46M
Debtors	£219.2k
Net assets	£4.36M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-06-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-11
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second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2022-10-05
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-05-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-04-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-05-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2017-06-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-07
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2016-06-07
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Charge satisfied #1
2016-04-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2015-11-04
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2011-04-22
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PEARSON, Emma Susanne appointed
director
2011-04-22
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PEARSON, Margaret Fletcher appointed
director
2009-06-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bp Oil UK Limited
2000-11-01
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DOCHERTY, John appointed
director
2000-11-01
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HYDE, Kenneth appointed
director
2000-11-01
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PEARSON, Ross David appointed
director
1999-10-15
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PEARSON, David resigned
secretary
1997-06-06
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PEARSON, Ross David appointed
secretary
1997-06-06
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PEARSON, John resigned
director
1996-03-08
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PEARSON, David appointed
secretary
1996-01-14
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PEARSON, Janet King resigned
secretary
1924-12-30
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Company incorporated
As JOHN PEARSON (MOTORS) 1924 LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PEARSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 101 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Pearson Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1924-12-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

Wemyss Bay Garage

Shore Road

Wemyss Bay

Renfrewshire

PA18 6AR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-15

Last: 2025-11-01