GALSON-STORNOWAY MOTOR SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC026537 · ltd · incorporated 1948-09-07
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£233.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 22.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
92 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £232,984
Net assets shrinking
Down £23,548 YoY
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£282k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£233k
↓ 9.2% YoY
Current Assets
£304k
↑ 1.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£61k£122k£182k£243k£304kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£237.5k£262.4k
Current assets£304.0k£298.8k
Cash£282.0k£281.1k
Debtors£17.3k£12.6k
Net assets£233.0k£256.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-12
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  3. 2024-03-28
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  4. 2022-12-21
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  5. 2022-05-18
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  6. 2022-05-18
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    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-05-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-06
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    MORRISON, Isobella resigned
    secretary
  10. 2021-10-06
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    MORRISON, Isobella resigned
    director
  11. 2020-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  12. 2019-12-04
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  13. 2018-11-28
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  14. 2017-12-06
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  15. 2017-02-21
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  16. 2017-02-21
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  17. 2017-02-16
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    MORRISON, Eilidh Graham appointed
    director
  18. 2017-02-16
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    MORRISON, Innes Iain appointed
    director
  19. 2016-09-15
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2015-08-01
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    MORRISON, Iain resigned
    director
  21. 2004-02-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  22. 1948-09-07
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    Company incorporated
    As GALSON-STORNOWAY MOTOR SERVICES LIMITED

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 78 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Calum Morrison
Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Isobella Morrisonceased 06/10/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1948-09-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

1 Lower Barvas
Park
Isle Of Lewis
HS2 0QZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MORRISON, Calum→
director · ~61y
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Active
MORRISON, Eilidh Graham→
director · ~27y · appointed 2017-02-16
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Active
MORRISON, Innes Iain→
director · ~31y · appointed 2017-02-16
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Active
MORRISON, Isobella→
secretary · resigned 2021-10-06
Resigned
MORRISON, Iain→
director · ~71y · resigned 2015-08-01
Resigned
MORRISON, Isobella→
director · ~101y · resigned 2021-10-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property17/02/2004—
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Recent filings (92 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-18
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-05-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-01