LANARKSHIRE CAR RECOVERIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC235169 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-09
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£808
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Investigation activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £808
Cash YoY
+59%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£59k
↑ 59% YoY
Net Worth
£808
↑ 189% YoY
Current Assets
£79k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£16k£32k£47k£63k£79kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£808£280
Current assets£79.0k£62.7k
Cash£58.7k£36.8k
Debtors£20.3k£25.9k
Net assets£808£280

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-20
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-16
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  3. 2025-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-08-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-08-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2002-08-13
    ➕
    KERR, Jacqueline Irene appointed
    secretary
  17. 2002-08-13
    ➕
    KERR, David Murdoch appointed
    director
  18. 2002-08-13
    ➕
    REID, Roberta appointed
    director
  19. 2002-08-13
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2002-08-13
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2002-08-09
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    Company incorporated
    As LANARKSHIRE CAR RECOVERIES LIMITED
  22. 2002-08-09
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-08-09
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Mr David Murdoch Kerr
Individual · British · DOB 12/1949 · age 77
50–75%
—50-75% shares09/08/2016
Ms Roberta Reid
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares09/08/2016

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
Incorporated2002-08-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC80300 — Investigation activities

Registered office

Garrowhill Business Centre
68 Whirlow Road
Garrowhill
Glasgow
G69 6QE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

KERR, Jacqueline Irene→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KERR, David Murdoch→
director · ~77y · appointed 2002-08-13
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Active
REID, Roberta→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-09 · resigned 2002-08-13
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-09 · resigned 2002-08-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-20
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-13