TONY COOPER CARS (SCOTLAND) LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC353828 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-22

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

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

50 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-10-31
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2024-09-24
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2024-02-06
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2023-11-27
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2022-10-31
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accounts · AA
2022-04-23
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gazette · DISS40
2022-04-12
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gazette · GAZ1
2021-11-30
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accounts · AA
2021-05-15
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gazette · DISS40
2021-05-11
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gazette · GAZ1
2021-01-31
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accounts · AA
2019-10-31
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accounts · AA
2019-05-10
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gazette · DISS40
2019-04-16
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2018-11-30
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2018-04-13
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address · AD01
2009-01-22
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Company incorporated
As TONY COOPER CARS (SCOTLAND) LTD.
2009-01-22
➕
COOPER, Anthony appointed
director
2009-01-22
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TRAINER, Peter appointed
secretary
2009-01-22
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TRAINER, Peter resigned
secretary
2009-01-22
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MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
director
2009-01-22
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MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
director
2009-01-22
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TRAINER, Peter appointed
director
2009-01-22
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TRAINER, Peter resigned
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 "COOPER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Anthony Cooper Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	09/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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AUTO-TEK LIMITED→ SC085669 · est 1983	—	—	—	6	42y	82	78y
B & B COMMERCIALS LIMITED→ SC371046 · est 2010	—	—	—	600	16y	82	70y
CANDERRIGG SERVICES LIMITED→ SC063543 · est 1977	—	—	£60.6k	—	48y	82	61y
GRANT MILLER VEHICLES LIMITED→ SC266620 · est 2004	—	—	£382.7k	—	22y	82	72y
HAMILTON TRACTORS (CARNWATH) LIMITED→ SC349764 · est 2008	—	—	£568.9k	—	17y	82	67y
PARKS OF HAMILTON LIMITED→ SC103161 · est 1987	—	—	—	—	39y	82	77y
PETER VARDY HOLDINGS LIMITED→ SC319442 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	82	79y

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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

Incorporated2009-01-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

4 James View

Motherwell

Lanarkshire

ML1 4HN

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-05

Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

COOPER, Anthony→

director · ~54y · appointed 2009-01-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TRAINER, Peter→

secretary · appointed 2009-01-22 · resigned 2009-01-22

Resigned

MCINTOSH, Susan→

director · ~56y · appointed 2009-01-22 · resigned 2009-01-22

Resigned

TRAINER, Peter→

director · ~74y · appointed 2009-01-22 · resigned 2009-01-22

Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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2025-10-31

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-09-24

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-23

accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AAMD

2024-02-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-11-27

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-10-31

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gazette · DISS40

2022-04-23

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-04-22

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gazette · GAZ1

2022-04-12

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accounts · AA

2021-11-30

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gazette · DISS40

2021-05-15

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-14