JIM MAIR DRIVER TRAINING LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC321249 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-17
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 7.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£160.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52219
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 · oldest 7.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
53 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £160,476

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£43k
Net Worth
£160k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£32k£64k£96k£128k£160kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Cash£43.0k—
Net assets£160.5k—
Average employees—1300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-09-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-11-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-17
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-04
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-01
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    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  10. 2021-10-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-09-27
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    capital · SH01
  12. 2021-09-27
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2021-09-01
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    MAIR, Neil appointed
    director
  14. 2021-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-01-13
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    address · AD01
  16. 2019-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-01-15
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-11-09
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    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2018-11-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2018-10-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2008-07-28
    ➕
    BRYSON, Fiona appointed
    secretary
  22. 2008-07-26
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    FRASER, Wilma resigned
    secretary
  23. 2007-04-17
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    Company incorporated
    As JIM MAIR DRIVER TRAINING LTD
  24. 2007-04-17
    ➕
    MAIR, James Sloan appointed
    director
  25. 2007-04-17
    ➕
    FRASER, Wilma appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MAIR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

39/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MAIR, Neil (same surname) appointed 2021-09-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Neil Mair
Individual · British · DOB 04/1993 · age 33
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/09/2025
Mr James Sloan Mair
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/04/2017

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
Incorporated2007-04-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC52219 — SIC 52219

Registered office

23 Whitfield Drive
Heathfield Industrial Estate
Ayr
Ayrshire
KA8 9RX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BRYSON, Fiona→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAIR, James Sloan→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-04-17
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Active
MAIR, Neil→
director · ~33y · appointed 2021-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRASER, Wilma→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-17 · resigned 2008-07-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property06/11/2018—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—25/10/2018—
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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-04
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-27