VILLAGE GARAGE ENGINEERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC104204 · ltd · incorporated 1987-04-21
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 38.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£195.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). 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 38.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 38.2 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
97 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 £195,916

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£196k
Current Assets
£189k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£39k£78k£118k£157k£196kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£202.5k—
Current assets£189.4k—
Net assets£195.9k—
Average employees—400

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-17
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    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2022-12-17
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-10-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-10-24
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    GEDDES, Eric resigned
    director
  11. 2021-10-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  14. 2018-12-21
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  15. 2018-10-29
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  16. 2018-10-29
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  17. 2018-10-29
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-10-20
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    gazette · DISS40
  19. 2018-10-02
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    gazette · GAZ1
  20. 2008-06-10
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    GEDDES, Brian Robin Kirkpatrick appointed
    director
  21. 2008-06-10
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    GEDDES, Graeme Kirkpatrick appointed
    director
  22. 2008-03-16
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    GEDDES, Agnes Mary resigned
    secretary
  23. 2008-03-16
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    GEDDES, Agnes Mary resigned
    director
  24. 1992-06-23
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    GEDDES, Agnes Mary appointed
    director
  25. 1988-04-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  26. 1987-04-21
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    Company incorporated
    As VILLAGE GARAGE ENGINEERS LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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.)

Group structure

Straith Estates Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Straith Estates Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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VILLAGE GARAGE ENGINEERS LIMITED
This company · SC104204

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Straith Estates Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/11/2016

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
Incorporated1987-04-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Straith Farm
Moniaive
Dumfriesshire
DG3 4DZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GEDDES, Brian Robin Kirkpatrick→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-06-10
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Active
GEDDES, Graeme Kirkpatrick→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-06-10
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Active
HAMILTON, John Christie Lindsay→
director · ~75y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GEDDES, Agnes Mary→
secretary · resigned 2008-03-16
Resigned
GEDDES, Agnes Mary→
director · ~101y · appointed 1992-06-23 · resigned 2008-03-16
Resigned
GEDDES, Eric→
director · ~104y · resigned 2021-10-24
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 Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property13/04/198817/12/2022

Recent filings (97 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-01