GOGETA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC292487 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-01
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 77110Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.5y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
76 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2025-05-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-05-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-05-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-01-31
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    COLIN, Peter James resigned
    director
  10. 2022-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-10-07
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  12. 2020-12-14
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  13. 2019-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-10-03
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-10-30
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-08-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2014-09-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2014-07-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  19. 2006-11-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  20. 2005-12-22
    ➕
    MOHAMMED, Nasser Abdul appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-12-22
    ➕
    BROWN, Douglas John appointed
    director
  22. 2005-12-22
    ➕
    DUNCAN, Keith Alex Kinnear appointed
    director
  23. 2005-12-22
    ➕
    MOHAMMED, Nasser Abdul appointed
    director
  24. 2005-12-22
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2005-12-22
    ➕
    COLIN, Peter James appointed
    director
  26. 2005-12-22
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2005-11-01
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    Company incorporated
    As GOGETA LIMITED
  28. 2005-11-01
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2005-11-01
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)

Group structure

Eastern Holdings Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Eastern Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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GOGETA LIMITED
This company · SC292487

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Keith Alex Kinnear Duncan
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/11/2016
Eastern Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/11/2016
Mr Nasser Abdul Mohammed
Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-11-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

8 Westerton Road
East Mains Industrial Estate
Broxburn
West Lothian
EH52 5AU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

MOHAMMED, Nasser Abdul→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-22
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Active
BROWN, Douglas John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-12-22
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Active
DUNCAN, Keith Alex Kinnear→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-12-22
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Active
MOHAMMED, Nasser Abdul→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-12-22
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-11-01 · resigned 2005-12-22
Resigned
COLIN, Peter James→
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-12-22 · resigned 2023-01-31
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-01 · resigned 2005-12-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge—23/07/2014—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property24/11/200612/09/2014
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Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-05-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-30