ANGUS LAMBIE MOTOR ENGINEERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC264274 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-02
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other transportation support activities
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.1y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.1 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 (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-05-12
    ➕
    MACDOUGALL, Sean appointed
    director
  5. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-03-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2021-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-03-10
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2021-03-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2021-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-04-10
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    LAMBIE, Elizabeth Eleanor resigned
    secretary
  18. 2020-04-10
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    LAMBIE, Elizabeth Eleanor resigned
    director
  19. 2019-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-09-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  21. 2019-09-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  22. 2004-06-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  23. 2004-03-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ANGUS LAMBIE MOTOR ENGINEERS LIMITED
  24. 2004-03-02
    ➕
    LAMBIE, Angus James appointed
    director
  25. 2004-03-02
    ➕
    LAMBIE, Elizabeth Eleanor appointed
    secretary
  26. 2004-03-02
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2004-03-02
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2004-03-02
    ➕
    LAMBIE, Elizabeth Eleanor appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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 "LAMBIE" — 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 Angus James Lambie
Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Elizabeth Lambieceased 10/04/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2004-03-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities

Registered office

Arran Accountants Alexanders
Brodick
Isle Of Arran
North Ayrshire
KA27 8AJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

LAMBIE, Angus James→
director · ~67y · appointed 2004-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDOUGALL, Sean→
director · ~35y · appointed 2025-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAMBIE, Elizabeth Eleanor→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-02 · resigned 2020-04-10
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-02 · resigned 2004-03-02
Resigned
LAMBIE, Elizabeth Eleanor→
director · ~66y · appointed 2004-03-02 · resigned 2020-04-10
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 Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property16/06/2004—
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Recent filings (64 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-06