WEST OF SCOTLAND CHAUFFEUR DRIVE LIMITED

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SC318355 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-12
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£993.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.2y

10/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Newest facility, 1.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
66 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £993,398
Net assets shrinking
Down £66,223 YoY
Cash YoY
-37%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£59k
↓ 37% YoY
Net Worth
£993k
↓ 6.2% YoY
Current Assets
£876k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£212k£424k£636k£848k£1.1mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.86M£1.75M
Current assets£876.4k£699.7k
Cash£59.1k£94.3k
Debtors£817.2k£605.4k
Net assets£993.4k£1.06M

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-15
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2025-04-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: William Grahan Ogg as Trustee of the Ogg Family Pension Trust
  5. 2025-03-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-03-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-03-04
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2024-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-04-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2023-03-20
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  12. 2023-03-20
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    officers · AP03
  13. 2023-03-16
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  14. 2023-03-16
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2023-03-16
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2023-03-10
    ➕
    YOUNG, Donna-Maree appointed
    secretary
  17. 2023-03-09
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    OGG, Antonnia appointed
    director
  18. 2023-03-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2022-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2022-04-07
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  21. 2022-04-04
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  22. 2022-04-04
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  23. 2022-03-30
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  24. 2007-03-12
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    Company incorporated
    As WEST OF SCOTLAND CHAUFFEUR DRIVE LIMITED
  25. 2007-03-12
    ➕
    OGG, William Graham appointed
    secretary
  26. 2007-03-12
    ➕
    OGG, William Graham appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

29/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — OGG, Antonnia (same surname) appointed 2023-03-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham William Ogg
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-03-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

Thistle House
Inchinnan Road
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA3 2RE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-28
Last: 2026-03-14

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

OGG, William Graham→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-12
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YOUNG, Donna-Maree→
secretary · appointed 2023-03-10
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OGG, Antonnia→
director · ~23y · appointed 2023-03-09
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OGG, William Graham→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-03-12
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
William Grahan Ogg as Trustee of the Ogg Family Pension Trust / Antonnia Ogg as Trustee of the Ogg Family Pension Trust / Arc Trustees as Trustee of the Ogg Family Pension Trust
William Grahan Ogg as Trustee of the Ogg Family Pension Trust / Antonnia Ogg as Trustee of the Ogg Family Pension Trust / Arc Trustees Limited as Trustee of the Ogg Family Pension Trust
A registered charge1 property04/04/2025—
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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-20
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-03-20