MITCHELLS COACHES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC338631 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-29
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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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49319
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 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
52 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees400400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-04
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  2. 2024-09-06
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  3. 2023-08-15
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  4. 2023-08-07
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  5. 2023-08-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-08-07
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  7. 2023-08-07
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  8. 2022-11-29
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  9. 2022-01-06
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  10. 2020-07-28
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  11. 2020-04-16
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  12. 2020-04-16
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  13. 2019-08-08
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  14. 2018-09-13
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  15. 2017-10-10
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  16. 2010-10-01
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    MITCHELL, Amber appointed
    director
  17. 2010-10-01
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    MITCHELL, Jade appointed
    director
  18. 2008-02-29
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    Company incorporated
    As MITCHELLS COACHES LIMITED
  19. 2008-02-29
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    MITCHELL, Amber appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-02-29
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    MITCHELL, John Ian appointed
    director
  21. 2008-02-29
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-02-29
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-02-29
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2008-02-29
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MITCHELL" — 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 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Amber Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 12/1989 · age 37
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/05/2019
Mr John Ian Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-02-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49319 — SIC 49319

Registered office

President Kennedy Drive
Plean
Stirling
FK7 8AY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

MITCHELL, Amber→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-29
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Active
MITCHELL, Amber→
director · ~37y · appointed 2010-10-01
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Active
MITCHELL, Jade→
director · ~34y · appointed 2010-10-01
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Active
MITCHELL, John Ian→
director · ~71y · appointed 2008-02-29
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-02-29 · resigned 2008-02-29
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-02-29 · resigned 2008-02-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-01