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 7.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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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 7.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.6 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
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£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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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-09-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  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-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    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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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    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
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    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
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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
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
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