GOLDEN EAGLE COACHES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC271164 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-26
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£182.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). 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 21.5y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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 (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £182,465
Net assets shrinking
Down £193,408 YoY
Cash YoY
-28%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£257k
↓ 28% YoY
Net Worth
£182k
↓ 51% YoY
Current Assets
£291k
↓ 37% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £351.8k | £561.8k |
| Current assets | £291.4k | £461.5k |
| Cash | £256.6k | £358.4k |
| Debtors | £29.6k | £99.7k |
| Net assets | £182.5k | £375.9k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-30📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-07-30📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-07-30📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-07-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-04-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-04-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-04-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-06-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-10-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-10-23📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2004-11-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2004-07-26🏢Company incorporatedAs GOLDEN EAGLE COACHES LIMITED
- 2004-07-26➕LYALL, Ishbel Jessie Graham appointedsecretary
- 2004-07-26➕IRVINE, Peter Horn Bain appointeddirector
- 2004-07-26➕IRVINE, Robert Moffat appointeddirector
- 2004-07-26➕LYALL, Ishbel Jessie Graham appointeddirector
- 2004-07-26➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-07-26➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 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
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Peter Horn Bain Irvine Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Robert Moffat Irvine Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65 | 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-07-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390
Registered office
4 Royal Crescent
Royal Crescent
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G3 7SL
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-09
Last: 2025-07-26
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
LYALL, Ishbel Jessie Graham→
Activesecretary · appointed 2004-07-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
IRVINE, Peter Horn Bain→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2004-07-26
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IRVINE, Robert Moffat→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2004-07-26
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LYALL, Ishbel Jessie Graham→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2004-07-26
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-07-26 · resigned 2004-07-26
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 09/11/2004 | — |
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Recent filings (67 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-07-30
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-07-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-30