BRIDGEND GARAGE (AUCHINLECK) LIMITED

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SC104843 · ltd · incorporated 1987-05-27
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 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
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees0100200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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  2. 2025-05-31
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  3. 2024-11-09
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  4. 2024-11-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-10-13
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    ALLARDYCE, Thomas Murray resigned
    director
  6. 2024-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-20
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  8. 2023-04-10
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-01
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-11-27
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  12. 2020-05-02
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-12
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  15. 2017-04-12
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  16. 2016-01-13
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2000-07-20
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    ALLARDYCE, John Steele resigned
    director
  18. 2000-06-14
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    ALLARDYCE, Jean Jamieson appointed
    director
  19. 1998-02-04
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    ALLARDYCE, Helen resigned
    director
  20. 1987-05-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BRIDGEND GARAGE (AUCHINLECK) LIMITED

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jean Jamieson Allardyce
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Thomas Murray Allardyceceased 13/10/2024· significant influence

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
Incorporated1987-05-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Bridgend Garage
Main Street
Auchinleck
Ayrshire
KA18 2AB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-22
Last: 2025-12-08

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ALLARDYCE, Jean Jamieson→
secretary
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Active
ALLARDYCE, Jean Jamieson→
director · ~62y · appointed 2000-06-14
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Active
ALLARDYCE, Helen→
director · ~110y · resigned 1998-02-04
Resigned
ALLARDYCE, John Steele→
director · ~114y · resigned 2000-07-20
Resigned
ALLARDYCE, Thomas Murray→
director · ~76y · resigned 2024-10-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (98 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-08