ROGERSON MOTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC055796 · ltd · incorporated 1974-06-07
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 51.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£205.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). 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 51.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 51.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
112 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £205,818

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£206k
↑ 2.7% YoY
Current Assets
£121k
↑ 7.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£41k£82k£123k£165k£206kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£205.8k£200.3k
Current assets£121.1k£112.7k
Net assets£205.8k£200.3k

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 (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-05-22
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  3. 2024-02-27
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  4. 2023-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2023-03-02
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    MCTAGGART, Jean Anne resigned
    director
  6. 2023-03-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-28
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-23
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2019-11-23
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    Charge satisfied #1
  12. 2019-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-15
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  14. 2018-06-15
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  15. 2018-03-29
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  16. 2017-04-10
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-08-10
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    officers · AP01
  18. 2016-08-01
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    MCTAGGART, Jean Anne appointed
    director
  19. 2016-06-20
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  20. 2013-09-30
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    MCNICOL, David John resigned
    director
  21. 2009-10-31
    ➖
    CAIG, Robert Macgregor resigned
    director
  22. 2007-03-27
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    MCNICOL, David John appointed
    director
  23. 2006-10-31
    ➖
    RAPHAEL, Thomas Rogerson resigned
    director
  24. 1997-05-08
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    CAIG, Anthony Steven appointed
    director
  25. 1996-01-08
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    CAIG, Elizabeth Hyslop appointed
    secretary
  26. 1996-01-08
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    WILLIAMSON & HENRY SOLICITORS KIRKCUDBRIGHT resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1974-09-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  28. 1974-06-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ROGERSON MOTORS 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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 83 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 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 52 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
Mrs Elizabeth Hyslop Caig
Individual · British · DOB 03/1943 · age 83
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Anthony Steven Caig
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1974-06-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

10 Cannee Chase
Kirkcudbright
DG6 4DB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-28
Last: 2025-06-14

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

CAIG, Elizabeth Hyslop→
secretary · appointed 1996-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAIG, Anthony Steven→
director · ~61y · appointed 1997-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAIG, Elizabeth Hyslop→
director · ~83y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMSON & HENRY SOLICITORS KIRKCUDBRIGHT→
corporate-secretary · resigned 1996-01-08
Resigned
CAIG, Robert Macgregor→
director · ~84y · resigned 2009-10-31
Resigned
MCNICOL, David John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2007-03-27 · resigned 2013-09-30
Resigned
MCTAGGART, Jean Anne→
director · ~64y · appointed 2016-08-01 · resigned 2023-03-02
Resigned
RAPHAEL, Thomas Rogerson→
director · ~82y · resigned 2006-10-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property13/09/197423/11/2019

Recent filings (112 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2019-11-23