ARGYLE DIESEL ELECTRICS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC039707 · ltd · incorporated 1963-12-31
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 61.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£206.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 94-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 94). 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 61.4y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 61.4 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 (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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £206,790
Cash YoY
+34%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£174k
↑ 34% YoY
Net Worth
£207k
↑ 38% YoY
Current Assets
£207k
↑ 35% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £206.8k | £149.7k |
| Current assets | £206.7k | £152.7k |
| Cash | £173.5k | £129.6k |
| Debtors | £32.1k | £22.3k |
| Net assets | £206.8k | £149.7k |
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 (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-11-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-11-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-11-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2019-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2010-08-25➖MOFFAT, William resigneddirector
- 2003-12-01➕WATT, Linsay Christina appointeddirector
- 1993-09-01🔒Charge registered #5Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1992-09-30➖MOFFAT, Linsay Christina resigneddirector
- 1976-11-25🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1965-01-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The British Linen Bank
- 1965-01-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The British Linen Bank
- 1963-12-31🏢Company incorporatedAs ARGYLE DIESEL ELECTRICS LIMITED
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 94 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 94 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 62 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Karen Elizabeth Moffat-Coutts Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 04/12/2016 |
Mrs Christina Wood Moffat Individual · British · DOB 01/1932 · age 94 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Linsay Christina Watt Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1963-12-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
22 Milton Road
College Milton North
East Kilbride
G74 5BU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
WATT, Linsay Christina→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2003-12-01
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MOFFAT, Linsay Christina→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · resigned 1992-09-30
MOFFAT, William→
Resigneddirector · ~94y · resigned 2010-08-25
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 01/09/1993 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 25/11/1976 | — | |
| outstanding | The British Linen Bank | Cash credit bond & disposition in security | 1 property | 15/01/1965 | — | |
| outstanding | The British Linen Bank | Cash credit bond & floating charge | 1 property | 04/01/1965 | — |
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Recent filings (109 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-07