GLENMUIR MOTORS LIMITED

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SC260689 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-11
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£138.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -71% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 10.2y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £138,725
Net assets shrinking
Down £21,836 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 71% YoY
Cash YoY
-71%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£18k
↓ 71% YoY
Net Worth
£139k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£26k
↓ 61% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£32k£64k£96k£128k£161kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£232.2k£265.2k
Current assets£26.0k£66.3k
Cash£17.7k£60.6k
Debtors£4.3k£1.6k
Net assets£138.7k£160.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    MUIR, Janice resigned
    secretary
  2. 2026-03-25
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
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  3. 2026-03-24
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  4. 2025-03-27
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  5. 2024-03-27
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  6. 2023-06-29
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  7. 2022-12-20
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  8. 2022-12-20
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  9. 2022-06-25
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  10. 2022-06-08
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  11. 2022-06-08
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  12. 2021-11-29
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  13. 2021-11-29
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  14. 2021-10-05
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  15. 2021-09-28
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  16. 2021-02-03
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  17. 2020-06-30
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  18. 2019-03-29
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  19. 2016-02-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2016-02-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2003-12-11
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    Company incorporated
    As GLENMUIR MOTORS LIMITED
  22. 2003-12-11
    ➕
    MUIR, Gavin appointed
    director
  23. 2003-12-11
    ➕
    MUIR, Janice appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-12-11
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-12-11
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MUIR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Gavin Muir
Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ms Janice Muirceased 12/12/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Ms Janice Muirceased 17/08/2017· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
  • Mr Gavin Muirceased 03/02/2021· significant influence

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
Incorporated2003-12-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

16 Glen Street
Barrhead
Glasgow
G78 1QA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

MUIR, Gavin→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-12-11
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Active
MUIR, Janice→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-11 · resigned 2026-03-25
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-11 · resigned 2003-12-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property29/02/2016—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—24/02/2016—
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Recent filings (67 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13