PERTH HONDA LIMITED

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SC366689 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-12

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 16.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

45112SIC 45112
45200SIC 45200

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). 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

1 live charge · oldest 16.5y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 16.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 33/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (7 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

19 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 2 other

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2025-12-29
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other · GUARANTEE2
2025-12-29
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other · AGREEMENT2
2025-02-24
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2025-02-12
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2024-09-20
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2024-09-20
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2024-09-16
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MOHAMMED, Nasser Abdul appointed
secretary
2024-09-16
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AFFLECK, Graham James appointed
director
2024-09-16
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BROWN, Douglas John appointed
director
2024-09-16
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DUNCAN, Keith Alex Kinnear appointed
director
2024-09-16
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MOHAMMED, Nasser Abdul appointed
director
2024-09-16
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ROBB, Kenneth appointed
director
2024-09-16
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JOHNSTON, Ian Rodger resigned
secretary
2024-09-16
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JOHNSTON, Ian Rodger resigned
director
2024-09-16
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REEKIE, Lyall Harper resigned
director
2024-07-18
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officers · CH01
2009-11-04
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Honda Finance Europe PLC
2009-10-14
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JOHNSTON, Ian Rodger appointed
director
2009-10-14
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REEKIE, Lyall Harper appointed
director
2009-10-12
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Company incorporated
As PERTH HONDA LIMITED
2009-10-12
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EWART, James Wiltshire appointed
director
2009-10-12
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JOHNSTON, Ian Rodger appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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.)

Group structure

Eastern Western Motor Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Eastern Western Motor Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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PERTH HONDA LIMITED

This company · SC366689

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Eastern Western Motor Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	16/09/2024

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr James Wiltshire Ewartceased 16/09/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Lyall Harper Reekieceased 16/09/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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DALKEITH RETAIL CENTRE LIMITED→ SC324402 · est 2007	—	—	£7.49M	—	18y	83	83y
GOGETA LIMITED→ SC292487 · est 2005 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	20y	83	69y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-10-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

8 Westerton Road

East Mains Industrial Estate

Broxburn

West Lothian

EH52 5AU

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-26

Last: 2025-10-12