C.A.R. CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC148556 · ltd · incorporated 1994-01-21
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 32.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£174.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 32.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
100 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £174,788
Net assets shrinking
Down £22,570 YoY
Cash YoY
+20263%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↑ 20263% YoY
Net Worth
£175k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↑ 20263% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£39k£79k£118k£158k£197kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£175.5k£201.7k
Current assets£3.3k£16
Cash£3.3k£16
Net assets£174.8k£197.4k

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
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-10-27
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2025-10-27
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    Charge satisfied #3
  6. 2024-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-09-13
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2024-09-13
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    Charge satisfied #2
  9. 2024-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-02-07
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2023-12-26
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  12. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 1998-01-30
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Corinne Agnes appointed
    secretary
  19. 1998-01-30
    ➖
    JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 1996-09-12
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  21. 1996-07-04
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, Corinne Agnes resigned
    secretary
  22. 1996-07-04
    ➕
    JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 1994-05-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  24. 1994-01-21
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    Company incorporated
    As C.A.R. CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
  25. 1994-01-21
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Alistair appointed
    director
  26. 1994-01-21
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Corinne Agnes appointed
    director
  27. 1994-01-21
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  28. 1994-01-21
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  29. 1994-01-21
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Corinne Agnes appointed
    secretary
  30. 1994-01-21
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-director
  31. 1994-01-21
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-director

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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 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 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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 Corinne Agnes Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Alistair Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1994-01-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

1 Rubislaw Park Crescent
Aberdeen
AB15 8BT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Corinne Agnes→
secretary · appointed 1998-01-30
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Active
ROBERTSON, Alistair→
director · ~73y · appointed 1994-01-21
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Active
ROBERTSON, Corinne Agnes→
director · ~70y · appointed 1994-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-01-21 · resigned 1994-01-21
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Corinne Agnes→
secretary · appointed 1994-01-21 · resigned 1996-07-04
Resigned
JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1996-07-04 · resigned 1998-01-30
Resigned
REID, Brian→
nominee-director · appointed 1994-01-21 · resigned 1994-01-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property12/09/199627/10/2025
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property13/05/199413/09/2024

Recent filings (100 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-06
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-12-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31