LOCHRIN AUTOS (EDINBURGH) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC182971 · ltd · incorporated 1998-02-13
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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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 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.5y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees9900

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-04-23
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  5. 2025-04-11
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2025-04-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-04-03
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    HUNTER, Esmeralda Iris resigned
    secretary
  8. 2025-04-03
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    HUNTER, Esmeralda Iris resigned
    director
  9. 2024-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-02-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-02-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-04-10
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-04-16
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-07-11
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2017-07-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2013-02-21
    ➕
    HUNTER, Esmeralda Iris appointed
    director
  21. 2007-03-01
    ➖
    VOHRA, Vinod Kumar resigned
    director
  22. 2005-09-30
    ➖
    MORTAZAVI, Mahyar resigned
    director
  23. 2002-02-20
    ➕
    MORTAZAVI, Mehrdad appointed
    director
  24. 2002-02-20
    ➕
    HUNTER, Esmeralda Iris appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-02-20
    ➖
    MORTAZAVI, Michael resigned
    secretary
  26. 2002-02-20
    ➕
    MORTAZAVI, Mahyar appointed
    director
  27. 1999-11-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  28. 1999-10-18
    ➖
    HUNTER, Paul Lewis resigned
    secretary
  29. 1999-10-18
    ➕
    MORTAZAVI, Michael appointed
    secretary
  30. 1999-10-12
    ➖
    HUNTER, Esmeralda Iris resigned
    director
  31. 1999-10-11
    ➕
    VOHRA, Vinod Kumar appointed
    director
  32. 1998-02-13
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    Company incorporated
    As LOCHRIN AUTOS (EDINBURGH) LIMITED
  33. 1998-02-13
    ➕
    HUNTER, Paul Lewis appointed
    secretary
  34. 1998-02-13
    ➕
    HUNTER, Esmeralda Iris appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mehrdad Mortazavi
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
50–75%
—50-75% shares15/12/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Esmeralda Iris Hunterceased 01/04/2025· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-02-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

19 Lochrin Place
Edinburgh
EH3 9QT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

MORTAZAVI, Mehrdad→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUNTER, Esmeralda Iris→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-20 · resigned 2025-04-03
Resigned
HUNTER, Paul Lewis→
secretary · appointed 1998-02-13 · resigned 1999-10-18
Resigned
MORTAZAVI, Michael→
secretary · appointed 1999-10-18 · resigned 2002-02-20
Resigned
HUNTER, Esmeralda Iris→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-02-21 · resigned 2025-04-03
Resigned
HUNTER, Esmeralda Iris→
director · ~65y · appointed 1998-02-13 · resigned 1999-10-12
Resigned
MORTAZAVI, Mahyar→
director · ~56y · appointed 2002-02-20 · resigned 2005-09-30
Resigned
VOHRA, Vinod Kumar→
director · ~76y · appointed 1999-10-11 · resigned 2007-03-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property19/11/199911/07/2017

Recent filings (83 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-04-23
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-04-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-21