BIKE AYR LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC349414 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-02
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.
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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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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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 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 (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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
47 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-05-05
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    CURRIE, Alexander appointed
    director
  3. 2026-04-15
    ➕
    STORRIE, Jake Thomas appointed
    director
  4. 2026-04-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2026-01-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  11. 2020-01-02
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  12. 2018-12-14
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  13. 2017-12-14
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  14. 2016-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-10-12
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-09-30
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    address · AD01
  18. 2008-10-02
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    Company incorporated
    As BIKE AYR LTD.
  19. 2008-10-02
    ➕
    STORRIE, Kevin Robert appointed
    director
  20. 2008-10-02
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-10-02
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-10-02
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  23. 2008-10-02
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +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

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin Robert Storrie
Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
75–100%
—75-100% shares02/10/2016

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
Incorporated2008-10-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit 4, 1 Boundary Road
Heathfield Industrial Estate
Ayr
KA8 9DJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CURRIE, Alexander→
director · ~71y · appointed 2026-05-05
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Active
STORRIE, Jake Thomas→
director · ~21y · appointed 2026-04-15
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Active
STORRIE, Kevin Robert→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-10-02
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-10-02 · resigned 2008-10-02
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-10-02 · resigned 2008-10-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
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accounts · AA
2024-12-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
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accounts · AA
2023-12-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-02