RUXTON'S GARAGE LIMITED

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SC240213 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-27

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

£157.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

45310SIC 45310

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

78 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £157,631

Net assets shrinking

Down £20,121 YoY

Cash YoY

-4%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£108k

↓ 4.3% YoY

Net Worth

£158k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Cash	£107.8k	£112.6k
Net assets	£157.6k	£177.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2025-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
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move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2024-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-30
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-03-29
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-11-29
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-11-29
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-29
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-09
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2015-06-01
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RUXTON, Annie resigned
director
2015-06-01
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RUXTON, John resigned
director
2002-11-27
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Company incorporated
As RUXTON'S GARAGE LIMITED
2002-11-27
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RUXTON, David appointed
secretary
2002-11-27
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RUXTON, David appointed
director
2002-11-27
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RUXTON, Robert John appointed
director
2002-11-27
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-11-27
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-11-27
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RUXTON, Annie appointed
director
2002-11-27
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RUXTON, John appointed
director
2002-11-27
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-11-27
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "RUXTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 70 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
David Ruxton Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Robert John Ruxton Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% 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

Incorporated2002-11-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

1-3 North Street

Fraserburgh

AB43 9DJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-29

Last: 2025-11-15

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

RUXTON, David→

secretary · appointed 2002-11-27

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Active

RUXTON, David→

director · ~61y · appointed 2002-11-27

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Active

RUXTON, Robert John→

director · ~70y · appointed 2002-11-27

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-27 · resigned 2002-11-27

Resigned

RUXTON, Annie→

director · ~94y · appointed 2002-11-27 · resigned 2015-06-01

Resigned

RUXTON, John→

director · ~94y · appointed 2002-11-27 · resigned 2015-06-01

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-27 · resigned 2002-11-27

Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-10-31

move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address

address · AD04

2025-07-08

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-10-31

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-10-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-01-24

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-11-30

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-11-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-04-26

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2022-04-05

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2022-03-29

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-09