FYVIE GARAGE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC255659 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-09
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
62 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees3200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2023-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-29
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    officers · TM02
  5. 2023-04-05
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    address · AD01
  6. 2023-04-05
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  7. 2023-03-29
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    STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  8. 2023-03-29
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    RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  9. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-27
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2019-08-01
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    RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  14. 2019-08-01
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  15. 2019-08-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2019-07-31
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    RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2019-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  18. 2018-06-29
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  19. 2017-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2004-10-06
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    WACKETT, Lee Murray resigned
    director
  21. 2003-09-09
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    Company incorporated
    As FYVIE GARAGE LIMITED
  22. 2003-09-09
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    ROSS, John appointed
    director
  23. 2003-09-09
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-09-09
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-09-09
    ➕
    RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2003-09-09
    ➕
    WACKETT, Lee Murray appointed
    director
  27. 2003-09-09
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2003-09-09
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED 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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 John Ross
Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 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
Incorporated2003-09-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

28 Albyn Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1YL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2023-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROSS, John→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-09-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-09 · resigned 2003-09-09
Resigned
RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-09-09 · resigned 2019-07-31
Resigned
RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2019-08-01 · resigned 2023-03-29
Resigned
WACKETT, Lee Murray→
director · ~49y · appointed 2003-09-09 · resigned 2004-10-06
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-09 · resigned 2003-09-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
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accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-08-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-05
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2023-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-15