CHAUFFEUR DRIVE SCOTLAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC394052 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-22
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 13.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£231.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
35 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £231,340
Net assets shrinking
Down £19,290 YoY
Cash YoY
+169%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£30k
↑ 169% YoY
Net Worth
£231k
↓ 7.7% YoY
Current Assets
£214k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£50k£100k£150k£201k£251kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£338.9k£392.4k
Current assets£214.3k£215.6k
Cash£30.1k£11.2k
Debtors£184.3k£204.4k
Net assets£231.3k£250.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-31
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  2. 2025-03-05
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    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2025-03-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  4. 2025-02-27
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    GRAHAM, Christopher Alexander appointed
    director
  5. 2025-02-27
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  6. 2024-05-31
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  7. 2023-08-04
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  8. 2023-05-30
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  9. 2022-05-31
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  10. 2021-05-31
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  11. 2020-05-31
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  12. 2019-05-31
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  13. 2018-06-03
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  14. 2017-05-31
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  15. 2016-05-31
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  16. 2016-04-25
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  17. 2016-04-25
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  18. 2013-02-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2011-02-22
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    Company incorporated
    As CHAUFFEUR DRIVE SCOTLAND LIMITED
  20. 2011-02-22
    ➕
    MENZIES, Jacqueline appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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
Mrs Jacqueline Margaret Menzies
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-02-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

5 Straiton View
Straiton
Loanhead
Midlothian
EH20 9QZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-08
Last: 2026-02-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GRAHAM, Christopher Alexander→
director · ~41y · appointed 2025-02-27
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Active
MENZIES, Jacqueline→
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-02-22
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property01/02/201305/03/2025

Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-03-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-05-31