CAR CARE (MOTOR ENGINEERS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC209150 · ltd · incorporated 2000-07-14
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 13.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£2.23M
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 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 13.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 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 £2,227,982
Cash YoY
+31%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£525k
↑ 31% YoY
Net Worth
£2.2m
↑ 7.0% YoY
Current Assets
£660k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£446k£891k£1.3m£1.8m£2.2mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£2.47M£2.32M
Current assets£659.7k£525.6k
Cash£525.1k£402.0k
Debtors£19.6k£14.6k
Net assets£2.23M£2.08M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-21
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  2. 2025-09-02
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  3. 2025-09-01
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  4. 2024-12-12
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  5. 2023-11-15
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  6. 2022-11-23
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  7. 2021-11-24
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  8. 2020-11-18
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  9. 2019-11-19
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  10. 2019-01-14
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  11. 2017-12-05
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  12. 2016-11-07
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  13. 2016-10-27
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  14. 2016-10-27
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    Charge satisfied #2
  15. 2015-11-20
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  16. 2015-07-22
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  17. 2014-12-04
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  18. 2012-08-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2012-08-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2007-10-16
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    DOUGLAS, Allan Stewart appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-10-16
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    DOUGLAS, Allan Stewart appointed
    director
  22. 2007-07-17
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    BISSET, John Robinson resigned
    secretary
  23. 2000-07-14
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    Company incorporated
    As CAR CARE (MOTOR ENGINEERS) LIMITED
  24. 2000-07-14
    ➕
    BROWN, Donald Bruce appointed
    director
  25. 2000-07-14
    ➕
    BISSET, John Robinson appointed
    secretary
  26. 2000-07-14
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2000-07-14
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

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 76 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Mr Donald Bruce Johnston Brown
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares14/07/2016

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
Incorporated2000-07-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

70 Spiersbridge Road
Thornliebank
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G46 7SN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DOUGLAS, Allan Stewart→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-16
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Active
BROWN, Donald Bruce→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-07-14
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Active
DOUGLAS, Allan Stewart→
director · ~76y · appointed 2007-10-16
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Active
BISSET, John Robinson→
secretary · appointed 2000-07-14 · resigned 2007-07-17
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-07-14 · resigned 2000-07-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property01/09/2025—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property20/08/201227/10/2016
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property01/08/2012—
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Recent filings (61 total)

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2026-01-21
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mortgage · MR01
2025-09-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
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accounts · AA
2020-11-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-25