CITY GARAGE (GLASGOW) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC274942 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-20
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£37.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
55 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £37,020
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,090 YoY
Cash YoY
-16%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£13k
↓ 16% YoY
Net Worth
£37k
↓ 9.9% YoY
Current Assets
£92k
↓ 2.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£19k£38k£57k£75k£94kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£42.0k£52.1k
Current assets£91.6k£94.2k
Cash£12.8k£15.2k
Debtors£78.8k£79.0k
Net assets£37.0k£41.1k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-09-17
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    TOLLAND, Stephen James appointed
    director
  3. 2025-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  4. 2024-09-25
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  5. 2023-07-18
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  6. 2022-09-29
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  7. 2021-07-30
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  8. 2020-08-04
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  9. 2019-07-29
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  10. 2018-06-12
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  11. 2017-06-28
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  12. 2016-06-15
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  13. 2015-10-23
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  14. 2015-10-23
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    officers · CH03
  15. 2015-10-23
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2015-10-23
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    address · AD01
  17. 2004-10-20
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    Company incorporated
    As CITY GARAGE (GLASGOW) LIMITED
  18. 2004-10-20
    ➕
    FLYNN, Ann-Marie appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-10-20
    ➕
    FLYNN, William appointed
    director
  20. 2004-10-20
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2004-10-20
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-10-20
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2004-10-20
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +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.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Flynn
Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Ann-Marie Flynn
Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-10-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

157 Curle Street
Glasgow
G14 0TT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FLYNN, Ann-Marie→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-20
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Active
FLYNN, William→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-10-20
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Active
TOLLAND, Stephen James→
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-09-17
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-10-20 · resigned 2004-10-20
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-10-20 · resigned 2004-10-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
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officers · AP01
2025-10-14
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accounts · AA
2025-07-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
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accounts · AA
2024-09-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-02
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accounts · AA
2023-07-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
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accounts · AA
2021-07-30
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2020-11-10
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2020-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-31
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accounts · AA
2019-07-29