WALKER MOTORS LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC395508 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-15
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£18.82M
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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
Conservative operator with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). 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: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.1y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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, 3 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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,649,430
Turnover YoY
+11%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Turnover£18.82M£17.02M
Gross profit£2.32M£1.99M
Operating profit£1.40M£739.9k
Profit before tax£1.65M£730.5k
Average employees37003800

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  3. 2025-03-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-12-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-12-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-08-11
    ➖
    WALKER, William resigned
    director
  8. 2024-02-01
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  9. 2024-01-31
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  10. 2023-12-18
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  11. 2023-12-18
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2023-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2011-04-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2011-03-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As WALKER MOTORS LIMITED
  20. 2011-03-15
    ➕
    FERGUSON WALKER, Alan Knox appointed
    director
  21. 2011-03-15
    ➕
    GAGE, Jennifer Philips appointed
    director
  22. 2011-03-15
    ➕
    WALKER, Phyllis appointed
    director
  23. 2011-03-15
    ➕
    WALKER, William Graham appointed
    director
  24. 2011-03-15
    ➕
    HOGG, Raymond Stewart appointed
    director
  25. 2011-03-15
    ➖
    HOGG, Raymond Stewart resigned
    director
  26. 2011-03-15
    ➕
    WALKER, William 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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WALKER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-03-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

Fife Mitsubishi
Cupar Trading Estate
Cupar
Fife
KY15 4SX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last: 2026-03-15

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

FERGUSON WALKER, Alan Knox→
director · ~54y · appointed 2011-03-15
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Active
GAGE, Jennifer Philips→
director · ~51y · appointed 2011-03-15
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Active
WALKER, Phyllis→
director · ~81y · appointed 2011-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALKER, William Graham→
director · ~55y · appointed 2011-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOGG, Raymond Stewart→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-03-15 · resigned 2011-03-15
Resigned
WALKER, William→
director · ~80y · appointed 2011-03-15 · resigned 2024-08-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property25/04/2011—
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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-02-01
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-01-31
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-12-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16