NORMAN STUART AUTO SERVICES LIMITED

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SC335102 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-20
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    address · AD01
  4. 2023-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-24
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-24
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-27
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    officers · AP03
  10. 2019-08-10
    ➕
    STEVENSON, Andrew appointed
    secretary
  11. 2018-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-26
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2018-12-26
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2018-12-15
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    STUART, Jan resigned
    secretary
  15. 2018-12-15
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    STUART, Jan resigned
    director
  16. 2017-12-25
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-12-31
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    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2007-12-11
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    Company incorporated
    As NORMAN STUART AUTO SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 2007-12-11
    ➕
    STUART, Norman Douglas appointed
    director
  21. 2007-12-11
    ➕
    STUART, Jan appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-12-11
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-12-11
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-12-11
    ➕
    STUART, Jan appointed
    director

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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "STUART" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Norman Douglas Stuart
Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/12/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-12-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

The Tassie The Tassie
Muasdale
Tarbert
Argyll
PA29 6XD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

STEVENSON, Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2019-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STUART, Norman Douglas→
director · ~69y · appointed 2007-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STUART, Jan→
secretary · appointed 2007-12-11 · resigned 2018-12-15
Resigned
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-12-11 · resigned 2007-12-11
Resigned
STUART, Jan→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-12-11 · resigned 2018-12-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-08
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accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-24