ROSEFIELD MOTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC472477 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-14
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees10001000

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-03-25
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  3. 2024-02-27
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  4. 2024-02-27
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  5. 2024-02-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2023-01-19
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-20
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  9. 2021-01-14
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-17
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-16
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  12. 2019-04-02
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  13. 2019-04-02
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  14. 2018-03-08
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  15. 2017-01-17
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-03-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ROSEFIELD MOTORS LIMITED
  17. 2014-03-14
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    FORBES, Kevin appointed
    director
  18. 2014-03-14
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    HIRST, Craig Scott appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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.)

Group structure

Rosefield Investments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Rosefield Investments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ROSEFIELD MOTORS LIMITED
This company · SC472477

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Rosefield Investments Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting12/12/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Kevin Forbesceased 12/12/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Craig Scott Hirstceased 12/12/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2014-03-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

4 Valentine Court
Dundee Business Park
Dundee
Angus
DD2 3QB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-11
Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FORBES, Kevin→
director · ~48y · appointed 2014-03-14
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Active
HIRST, Craig Scott→
director · ~50y · appointed 2014-03-14
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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-02-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-14