CARHAR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC328694 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-02
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
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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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees00

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-04-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2021-09-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2021-09-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2021-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-05-29
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2018-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2010-08-01
    ➕
    BATES, Paul Symon appointed
    director
  19. 2010-08-01
    ➖
    MAXMAC REGISTRATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2010-08-01
    ➖
    CAMPBELL, Iain William resigned
    director
  21. 2007-08-15
    ➕
    BATES, Marilyn appointed
    director
  22. 2007-08-15
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Iain William appointed
    director
  23. 2007-08-15
    ➖
    DUFF, Peter resigned
    director
  24. 2007-08-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CARHAR LIMITED
  25. 2007-08-02
    ➕
    MAXMAC REGISTRATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2007-08-02
    ➕
    DUFF, Peter appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Paul Symon Bates
Individual · British · DOB 01/1979 · age 47
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting01/07/2016
Mrs Marilyn Bates
Individual · British · DOB 01/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/09/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Marilyn Batesceased 27/09/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2007-08-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 5 Gateway Business Park
Beancross Road
Grangemouth
FK3 8WX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-30
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-16
Last: 2025-08-02

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BATES, Marilyn→
director · ~73y · appointed 2007-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BATES, Paul Symon→
director · ~47y · appointed 2010-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAXMAC REGISTRATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-08-02 · resigned 2010-08-01
Resigned
CAMPBELL, Iain William→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-08-15 · resigned 2010-08-01
Resigned
DUFF, Peter→
director · ~68y · appointed 2007-08-02 · resigned 2007-08-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-09-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-09-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-09-24