ESSONS GARAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC239065 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-01

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2025

Net worth

£907.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45112

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

45200SIC 45200

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

67 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £907,447

Cash YoY

+13%

Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.1m

↑ 13% YoY

Net Worth

£907k

↑ 7.1% YoY

Current Assets

£1.3m

↑ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£927.2k	£866.9k	£827.3k
Current assets	£1.28M	£1.13M	£1.03M
Cash	£1.11M	£985.8k	£838.0k
Debtors	£130.1k	£107.4k	£152.9k
Net assets	£907.4k	£847.1k	£807.5k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-06-23
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accounts · AA
2025-11-10
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officers · CH01
2025-11-07
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officers · CH01
2025-11-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-07
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officers · CH01
2025-11-07
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officers · CH01
2025-11-07
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officers · CH03
2025-11-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-02
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accounts · AA
2022-05-13
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accounts · AA
2021-12-01
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CLOUSTON, Craig Raymond appointed
director
2021-12-01
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capital · SH01
2021-12-01
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officers · AP01
2021-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-04-24
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-04-16
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accounts · AA
2002-11-01
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Company incorporated
As ESSONS GARAGE LIMITED
2002-11-01
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CLOUSTON, Kevin James appointed
secretary
2002-11-01
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CLOUSTON, Kevin James appointed
director
2002-11-01
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STANGER, Yvonne Mary appointed
director
2002-11-01
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-11-01
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-11-01
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-11-01
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED 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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CLOUSTON, Craig Raymond (same surname) appointed 2021-12-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kevin James Clouston Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2002-11-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

The Garage, Maitland Place

Finstown

Orkney

KW17 2EQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-15

Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

CLOUSTON, Kevin James→

secretary · appointed 2002-11-01

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Active

CLOUSTON, Craig Raymond→

director · ~26y · appointed 2021-12-01

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Active

CLOUSTON, Kevin James→

director · ~60y · appointed 2002-11-01

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Active

STANGER, Yvonne Mary→

director · ~56y · appointed 2002-11-01

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2002-11-01

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2002-11-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2026-06-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-10