EDINBURGH HONDA SPECIALISTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC461666 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-16
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
34 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.

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees300500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-07-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-09-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-09-14
    ➕
    BAILLIE, Kristofor William appointed
    director
  8. 2023-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2021-05-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2021-05-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-05-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2021-05-08
    ➕
    BAILLIE, Kenneth William appointed
    director
  15. 2021-05-08
    ➖
    BAILLIE, Kristofor William resigned
    director
  16. 2021-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2013-10-16
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    Company incorporated
    As EDINBURGH HONDA SPECIALISTS LIMITED
  21. 2013-10-16
    ➕
    BAILLIE, Kristofor William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

16/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BAILLIE, Kristofor William (same surname) appointed 2023-09-14. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mr Kristofor William Baillie
Individual · British · DOB 04/1980 · age 46
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting16/07/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Kenneth William Baillieceased 16/07/2025· 75-100% shares
  • Mr Kristopher Baillieceased 08/05/2021· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2013-10-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit 4, 128 East Claremont Street
Edinburgh
EH7 4LB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BAILLIE, Kenneth William→
director · ~69y · appointed 2021-05-08
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Active
BAILLIE, Kristofor William→
director · ~46y · appointed 2023-09-14
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Active
BAILLIE, Kristofor William→
director · ~46y · appointed 2013-10-16 · resigned 2021-05-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-05-22