BRIDGE END GARAGE (MONTROSE) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC380714 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-21

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 Aug 2025

Net worth

£152.5k

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 58). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.1y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 10.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

46 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £152,503

Cash YoY

+75%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£34k

↑ 75% YoY

Net Worth

£153k

↑ 9.9% YoY

Current Assets

£99k

↑ 22% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£154.0k	£155.4k
Current assets	£99.0k	£81.1k
Cash	£33.6k	£19.2k
Debtors	£3.9k	£8.4k
Net assets	£152.5k	£138.8k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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accounts · AA
2024-10-03
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accounts · AA
2023-09-19
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accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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accounts · AA
2021-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-06
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accounts · AA
2019-09-25
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accounts · AA
2019-05-21
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mortgage · MR01
2019-05-15
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Ppi Reclaims (Scotland) LTD
2018-09-25
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accounts · AA
2018-03-12
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mortgage · MR04
2018-03-12
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-06-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-06-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-10-14
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accounts · AA
2016-07-21
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accounts · AAMD
2016-07-11
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annual-return · AR01
2016-04-13
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Santander Consumer (UK) PLC
2010-06-21
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Company incorporated
As BRIDGE END GARAGE (MONTROSE) LIMITED
2010-06-21
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FAIRWEATHER, David John Christie appointed
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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Fairweather Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	21/06/2017
Mrs Lesley Denise Fairweather Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	21/06/2017

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

Incorporated2010-06-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

12 Traill Drive

Montrose

Angus

DD10 8SW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-05

Last: 2025-06-21

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

FAIRWEATHER, David John Christie→

director · ~58y · appointed 2010-06-21

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Ppi Reclaims (Scotland) Ppi Reclaims (Scotland) LTD	A registered charge	1 property	15/05/2019	—
	satisfied	Santander Santander Consumer (UK) PLC	A registered charge	—	13/04/2016	12/03/2018

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