MAXWELL MOTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC257385 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-09
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£3.15M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does

Based in Kelso, Scotland, this active independent motor dealer most likely handles the daily sale, maintenance, and repair of new and used cars and light vehicles, operating as a retail and wholesale automotive business serving local and regional customers.

Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45112SIC 45112
  • 45200SIC 45200
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). 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

1 live charge · oldest 22.4y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.4 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 (69/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 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 £3,145,013
Cash YoY
+10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.9m
↑ 10.0% YoY
Net Worth
£3.1m
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£3.2m
↓ 2.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£644k£1.3m£1.9m£2.6m£3.2mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£3.22M£2.87M
Current assets£3.15M£3.22M
Cash£1.90M£1.72M
Debtors£275.4k£237.8k
Net assets£3.15M£2.81M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-23
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  2. 2024-04-18
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  3. 2023-05-04
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  4. 2022-03-03
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  5. 2021-05-14
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  6. 2020-06-12
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  7. 2019-07-01
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  8. 2018-05-03
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  9. 2017-08-18
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  10. 2016-08-26
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  11. 2015-10-29
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  12. 2015-09-08
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  13. 2014-10-21
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  14. 2014-08-21
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  15. 2013-10-25
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  16. 2004-01-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2003-10-09
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    Company incorporated
    As MAXWELL MOTORS LIMITED
  18. 2003-10-09
    ➕
    ANGUS, Cameron Andrew appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-10-09
    ➕
    ANGUS, Calum Douglas appointed
    director
  20. 2003-10-09
    ➕
    ANGUS, Cameron Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2003-10-09
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    ANGUS, Malcolm Douglas appointed
    director
  22. 2003-10-09
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    ANGUS, Mary Stewart appointed
    director
  23. 2003-10-09
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-10-09
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-10-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

C/O Rennie Welch, Academy House
Shedden Park Road
Kelso
TD5 7AL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-23
Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

ANGUS, Cameron Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-09
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Active
ANGUS, Calum Douglas→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-10-09
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Active
ANGUS, Cameron Andrew→
director · ~56y · appointed 2003-10-09
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Active
ANGUS, Malcolm Douglas→
director · ~89y · appointed 2003-10-09
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Active
ANGUS, Mary Stewart→
director · ~89y · appointed 2003-10-09
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-09 · resigned 2003-10-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property01/01/2004—
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Recent filings (58 total)

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2025-10-13
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2025-05-23
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2024-10-10
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2024-04-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-17