AUTOPOINT LARKHALL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC347311 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-19
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 17.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.2y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 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.

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 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees400300

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-05-21
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-30
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-04-24
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-05-17
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-10-17
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-05-03
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-08-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-06-09
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2011-06-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2009-02-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
  19. 2008-08-19
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    Company incorporated
    As AUTOPOINT LARKHALL LIMITED
  20. 2008-08-19
    ➕
    DOUGLAS, Gary appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-08-19
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    DOUGLAS, Angela appointed
    director
  22. 2008-08-19
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    DOUGLAS, Gary appointed
    director
  23. 2008-08-19
    ➕
    Incorporate Secretariat Limited appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2008-08-19
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    Incorporate Secretariat Limited resigned
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

84/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gary Douglas
Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/04/2016
Mrs Angela Douglas
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-08-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

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

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-02
Last: 2025-08-19

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DOUGLAS, Gary→
secretary · appointed 2008-08-19
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Active
DOUGLAS, Angela→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-08-19
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Active
DOUGLAS, Gary→
director · ~57y · appointed 2008-08-19
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Active
Incorporate Secretariat Limited→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-08-19 · resigned 2008-08-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property09/06/2011—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property02/06/2011—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property05/02/2009—
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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-30