LOCOMOTIVE OWNERS GROUP (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC053045 · ltd · incorporated 1973-05-08

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49100

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

23 officers (10 active, 23 linked, 20 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

137 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand

2026-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-08
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WATSON, Grant Thomas appointed
director
2026-03-08
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officers · AP01
2026-02-08
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SHAW, Taylor Matthew appointed
director
2026-02-08
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officers · AP01
2025-12-12
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officers · TM01
2025-12-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-12
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officers · TM01
2025-12-11
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CHILLES, Catherine resigned
director
2025-12-11
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VERTH, James Carse resigned
director
2025-12-10
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ASHMOLE, Mark Ian resigned
director
2025-03-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-17
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officers · TM01
2023-12-17
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-13
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HILL, Ronald resigned
director
2023-10-16
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officers · AP01
2023-10-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-13
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HARRISON, Roderick James, Dr appointed
director
2023-10-13
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MCPHEE, Alastair Donald, Dr resigned
director
2023-05-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
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officers · AP03
2023-04-19
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officers · AP01
2023-04-15
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LEGGAT, Linda Jane appointed
secretary
2023-04-15
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COMPLIN, Hector Oliver appointed
director
2022-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-10
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BIRD, David John appointed
director
2021-07-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-16
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HOWARD, Graham Charles appointed
director
2019-02-16
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STEVENSON, James Laing resigned
secretary
2019-02-16
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STEVENSON, James Laing resigned
director
2018-02-08
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WILLISON, Thomas Nesbit Shaw resigned
director
2014-09-06
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CHILLES, Catherine appointed
director
2009-09-30
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ASHMOLE, Mark Ian appointed
director
2009-04-24
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LEGGAT, John Alexander appointed
director
2004-12-18
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BOYD, Andrew Alexander resigned
secretary
2004-12-18
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WILLISON, Thomas Nesbit Shaw appointed
director
2004-12-12
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STEVENSON, James Laing appointed
secretary
2004-12-12
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LEGGAT, John Alexander resigned
director
2003-12-13
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BROWN, Michael William resigned
director
2003-12-13
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STEVENSON, James Laing appointed
director
2003-03-15
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PEDDIE, William Alexander resigned
director
2002-12-28
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VERTH, James Carse appointed
director
2001-12-08
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STEVENSON, James Laing resigned
director
1997-12-06
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LEGGAT, John Alexander appointed
director
1997-12-06
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MCPHEE, Alastair Donald, Dr appointed
director
1992-11-21
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THOMSON, Brian Mckenzie appointed
director
1992-11-21
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BROWN, Michael William appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 36 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 36 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: ASHMOLE, Mark Ian resigned 2025-12-10; CHILLES, Catherine resigned 2025-12-11; VERTH, James Carse resigned 2025-12-11

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Brian Mckenzie Thomson Individual · British · DOB 12/1943 · age 83	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	14/12/2023

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Ronald Hillceased 13/12/2023· significant influence
James Laing Stevensonceased 16/02/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · significant influence · firm interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1973-05-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49100 — SIC 49100

Registered office

17/19 North Street

Boness

West Lothian

EH51 0AQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-23

Last: 2025-12-09