G.W. DOUGLAS PROPERTY & GARAGE COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC031202 · ltd · incorporated 1955-12-17
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 50.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.10M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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 50.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 50.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 £1,104,213
Net assets shrinking
Down £22,563 YoY
Cash YoY
+40%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£360k
↑ 40% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↓ 2.0% YoY
Current Assets
£365k
↑ 40% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£225k£451k£676k£901k£1.1mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.21M£1.27M
Current assets£364.6k£259.7k
Cash£359.8k£256.1k
Debtors£4.8k£3.6k
Net assets£1.10M£1.13M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-26
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  2. 2024-11-27
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  3. 2023-11-06
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  4. 2022-07-29
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  5. 2021-08-26
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  6. 2020-08-21
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  7. 2019-10-03
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  8. 2018-09-13
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  9. 2017-12-06
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  10. 2016-10-27
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  11. 2016-04-20
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  12. 2015-09-08
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  13. 2015-04-23
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  14. 2014-10-14
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  15. 2014-05-15
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  16. 2012-08-26
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    MILLAR, Robert Angus Douglas appointed
    secretary
  17. 2012-08-26
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    MILLAR, Morag Elizabeth Douglas appointed
    director
  18. 2012-08-11
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    MILLAR, Mary Elliot resigned
    secretary
  19. 2012-08-11
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    MILLAR, Mary Elliot resigned
    director
  20. 2006-07-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2002-10-10
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    MILLAR, Robert Angus Douglas appointed
    director
  22. 2000-07-17
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    MILLAR, Robert Douglas resigned
    director
  23. 1993-03-28
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    MILLAR, Mary Elliot resigned
    director
  24. 1988-03-23
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    MILLAR, Mary Elliot appointed
    director
  25. 1975-09-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 1955-12-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As G.W. DOUGLAS PROPERTY & GARAGE COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 70 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Angus Douglas Millar
Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Ms Morag Elizabeth Douglas Millar
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1955-12-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

2 The Temple
Lower Largo
Leven Fife
KY8 6JH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MILLAR, Robert Angus Douglas→
secretary · appointed 2012-08-26
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Active
MILLAR, Morag Elizabeth Douglas→
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-08-26
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Active
MILLAR, Robert Angus Douglas→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-10-10
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Active
MILLAR, Mary Elliot→
secretary · resigned 2012-08-11
Resigned
MILLAR, Mary Elliot→
director · ~98y · appointed 1988-03-23 · resigned 2012-08-11
Resigned
MILLAR, Mary Elliot→
director · ~98y · resigned 1993-03-28
Resigned
MILLAR, Robert Douglas→
director · ~97y · resigned 2000-07-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property19/09/197512/07/2006

Recent filings (98 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-25