PEOPLES DETROIT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC119922 · ltd · incorporated 1989-09-04

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 36.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 36.4y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 36.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

29 officers (11 active, 29 linked, 24 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

136 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (67 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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DEWAR, Lianne appointed
director
2025-12-22
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officers · AP01
2025-12-12
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accounts · AA
2024-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-11
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accounts · AA
2022-08-01
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officers · TM01
2022-07-29
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CLEZY, Kenneth resigned
director
2022-07-28
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officers · AP01
2022-07-26
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MCDIVITT, Darren James Stalker appointed
director
2022-03-30
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officers · AP01
2022-03-30
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officers · AP01
2022-03-30
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officers · AP01
2022-03-30
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officers · AP01
2022-03-30
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officers · AP01
2022-03-30
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officers · AP01
2022-03-17
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CONNOLLY, Jennifer appointed
director
2022-03-17
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CURRY, Danielle Elizabeth appointed
director
2022-03-17
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GILDA, Nicola Sara appointed
director
2022-03-17
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JOHANNESEN, John appointed
director
2022-03-17
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MORRISON, Roy Justin appointed
director
2022-03-17
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NEWTON, Jeffrey Phillip appointed
director
2021-11-11
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accounts · AA
2020-10-23
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accounts · AA
2020-09-08
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RAMSAY, Stewart Mitchell appointed
secretary
2020-09-08
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ELDER, Olivia Christine resigned
secretary
2020-09-08
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officers · AP03
2020-09-08
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officers · TM02
2019-10-11
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accounts · AA
2019-06-07
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PEAT, Brian resigned
director
2018-09-10
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WILSON, Ronald Ian resigned
director
2016-10-31
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WATERHOUSE, Jacqueline Stewart resigned
director
2012-10-19
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MCFARLANE, Iain resigned
director
2009-06-03
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HIGGINS, Gary Thomas resigned
director
2007-09-30
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DUNLOP, Michael resigned
director
2007-08-01
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MCFARLANE, Iain appointed
director
2005-11-21
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BROWN, John Richard resigned
director
2005-06-09
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GUTHRIE, Andrew resigned
director
2005-01-29
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SHARP, Brian resigned
director
2002-07-01
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GUTHRIE, Andrew appointed
director
2002-07-01
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HIGGINS, Gary Thomas appointed
director
2002-07-01
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WATERHOUSE, Jacqueline Stewart appointed
director
2001-10-03
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HILL, Mairi Jean Nicol resigned
director
2000-08-18
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GENTLES, Derek John resigned
director
2000-08-18
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MCQUADE, James Joseph resigned
director
1999-06-15
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CLEZY, Kenneth appointed
director
1998-10-02
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HILL, Mairi Jean Nicol appointed
director
1998-09-10
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MCQUADE, James Joseph appointed
director
1998-07-27
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BROWN, John Richard appointed
director
1998-07-27
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GENTLES, Derek John appointed
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-10 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 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — GILDA, Nicola Sara (same surname) appointed 2022-03-17. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Peoples Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Peoples Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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PEOPLES DETROIT LIMITED

This company · SC119922

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Peoples Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1989-09-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

Callender Road

Falkirk

FK1 1SQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-18

Last: 2025-09-04