ALAN J. ROSS MOTOR ENGINEERS LTD.

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SC178820 · ltd · incorporated 1997-09-16
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 28.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£382.8k
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
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 28.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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 £382,824
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Net assets shrinking
Down £41,003 YoY
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£383k
↓ 9.7% YoY
Current Assets
£375k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£85k£170k£254k£339k£424kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£477.1k£424.3k
Current assets£375.3k£372.6k
Cash—£359.8k
Debtors—£7.7k
Net assets£382.8k£423.8k

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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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-07
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    MELVIN, Greig appointed
    director
  3. 2024-11-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
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  4. 2024-03-07
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  5. 2023-04-27
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  6. 2021-11-29
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  7. 2020-12-01
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  8. 2020-03-17
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  9. 2019-03-04
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  10. 2018-01-07
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  11. 2017-07-24
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  12. 2016-03-23
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  13. 2015-09-17
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  14. 2015-05-28
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  15. 2014-09-17
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  16. 2014-04-15
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  17. 1998-05-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  18. 1997-09-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ALAN J. ROSS MOTOR ENGINEERS LTD.
  19. 1997-09-16
    ➕
    ROSS, Janet Anderson Leisk Kemp Middleton appointed
    secretary
  20. 1997-09-16
    ➕
    ROSS, Alan James appointed
    director
  21. 1997-09-16
    ➕
    ROSS, Janet Anderson Leisk Kemp Middleton appointed
    director
  22. 1997-09-16
    ➕
    TRAINER, Diane appointed
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1997-09-16
    ➖
    TRAINER, Diane resigned
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-09-16
    ➕
    MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
    nominee-director
  25. 1997-09-16
    ➖
    MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
    nominee-director
  26. 1997-09-16
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    nominee-director
  27. 1997-09-16
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ROSS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Janet Anderson Leisk Kemp Middleton Ross
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Alan James Ross
Individual · British · DOB 11/1954 · age 72
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-09-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

21 Ashley Park Lane
Aberdeen
AB10 6RZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

ROSS, Janet Anderson Leisk Kemp Middleton→
secretary · appointed 1997-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MELVIN, Greig→
director · ~54y · appointed 2024-11-07
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Active
ROSS, Alan James→
director · ~72y · appointed 1997-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROSS, Janet Anderson Leisk Kemp Middleton→
director · ~62y · appointed 1997-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRAINER, Diane→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-09-16 · resigned 1997-09-16
Resigned
MCINTOSH, Susan→
nominee-director · ~56y · appointed 1997-09-16 · resigned 1997-09-16
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 1997-09-16 · resigned 1997-09-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property05/05/1998—
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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-04