SPRINGHILL MOT STATION LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC407357 · ltd · incorporated 2011-09-13
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£139.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33170
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 75). 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 2.7y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Newest facility, 2.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £139,750
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£211k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£140k
↑ 39% YoY
Current Assets
£282k
↓ 4.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£59k£119k£178k£237k£296kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£324.6k£222.6k
Current assets£282.3k£296.3k
Cash£210.7k£210.4k
Debtors£70.5k£84.8k
Net assets£139.8k£100.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-23
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  2. 2024-08-19
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  3. 2024-08-19
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    Charge satisfied #1
  4. 2024-06-13
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  5. 2023-09-05
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  6. 2023-09-01
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  7. 2023-09-01
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  8. 2023-09-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  9. 2023-07-19
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  10. 2023-07-19
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  11. 2023-06-30
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  12. 2022-06-30
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  13. 2021-08-12
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  14. 2021-08-12
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  15. 2021-08-12
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  16. 2021-08-12
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  17. 2021-06-30
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  18. 2020-06-30
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  19. 2019-06-21
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  20. 2011-09-13
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    Company incorporated
    As SPRINGHILL MOT STATION LTD
  21. 2011-09-13
    ➕
    STEWART, Alan Derek appointed
    director
  22. 2011-09-13
    ➕
    STEWART, Gavin George appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Gillian Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 10/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control12/08/2021
Mr Alan Derek Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 04/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control08/09/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gavin George Stewartceased 12/08/2021· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence

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
Incorporated2011-09-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170

Registered office

200-220 Swinton Road
Baillieston
Glasgow
G69 6DP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-06
Last: 2025-06-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

STEWART, Alan Derek→
director · ~46y · appointed 2011-09-13
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Active
STEWART, Gavin George→
director · ~75y · appointed 2011-09-13
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Active

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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
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—01/09/202319/08/2024

Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-09-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-27