CULLODEN CAR SALES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC222206 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-14
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 21.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£2.10M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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

2 live charges · oldest 21.8y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.8 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 (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £2,098,197

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£263k
Net Worth
£2.1m
Current Assets
£2.5m
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-31
Total assets£2.10M
Current assets£2.48M
Cash£263.0k
Debtors£1.32M
Net assets£2.10M

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2026-04-15
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  3. 2026-02-23
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2025-12-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-02-07
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-25
    ➕
    WALKER, Craig appointed
    director
  10. 2022-05-25
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2022-05-25
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-05-25
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2022-05-25
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-12-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-11-24
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2004-08-12
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2004-07-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2001-08-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CULLODEN CAR SALES LTD.
  22. 2001-08-14
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Karen appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-08-14
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Donald John appointed
    director
  24. 2001-08-14
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-08-14
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-08-14
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2001-08-14
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)

Group structure

The Walker Motor Group Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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The Walker Motor Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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CULLODEN CAR SALES LTD.
This company · SC222206

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
The Walker Motor Group Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/10/2022
Mr Donald John Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Karen Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-08-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

3 Fodderty Way
Dingwall
Ross-Shire
IV15 9XB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last: 2025-08-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MACDONALD, Karen→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDONALD, Donald John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2001-08-14
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Active
WALKER, Craig→
director · ~47y · appointed 2022-05-25
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-14 · resigned 2001-08-14
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-14 · resigned 2001-08-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property12/08/2004—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property08/07/200415/04/2026
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Recent filings (69 total)

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-05-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-25