BIGGARSHIELS CARRIAGES LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC307301 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-22

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

—

year to Aug 2024

Net worth

£18.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01621

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

50 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £18,493

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£18k

↑ 5.4% YoY

Current Assets

£26k

↑ 23% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£18.5k	£17.5k
Current assets	£26.2k	£21.3k
Net assets	£18.5k	£17.5k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-05-19
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accounts · AA
2024-05-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-03-15
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2019-03-15
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2018-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-09-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-09-08
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-09-15
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2010-04-13
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MUIR, Stuart Macfarlane resigned
secretary
2006-08-22
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Company incorporated
As BIGGARSHIELS CARRIAGES LTD
2006-08-22
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DUNLOP, Susan appointed
director
2006-08-22
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MAY, Andrew Robert appointed
director
2006-08-22
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MUIR, Stuart Macfarlane appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Susan Dunlop Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	08/09/2017
Mr Andrew Robert May Individual · British · DOB 02/1975 · age 51	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-08-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01621 — SIC 01621

Registered office

Biggarshiels Farm

Biggarshiels Road

Biggar

South Lanarkshire

ML12 6RE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-05

Last: 2025-08-22

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

DUNLOP, Susan→

director · ~56y · appointed 2006-08-22

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Active

MAY, Andrew Robert→

director · ~51y · appointed 2006-08-22

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Active

MUIR, Stuart Macfarlane→

secretary · appointed 2006-08-22 · resigned 2010-04-13

Resigned

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