NORTHEND GARAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC484855 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-21

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

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£1.7k

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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

23 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,671

Net assets shrinking

Down £5,199 YoY

Cash YoY

+36%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£80k

↑ 36% YoY

Net Worth

£2k

↓ 76% YoY

Current Assets

£83k

↑ 32% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£52.8k	£35.7k
Current assets	£83.4k	£63.1k
Cash	£80.3k	£59.1k
Net assets	£1.7k	£6.9k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand

2025-06-20
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2024-06-07
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2023-05-22
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accounts · AA
2022-06-01
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accounts · AA
2021-06-11
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accounts · AA
2020-06-18
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2019-03-08
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accounts · AA
2018-05-28
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2017-06-16
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2016-05-17
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accounts · AA
2015-10-05
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2015-10-05
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2014-08-21
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Company incorporated
As NORTHEND GARAGE LIMITED
2014-08-21
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MCCLYMONT, David appointed
director
2014-08-21
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MCCLYMONT, Laura appointed
director
2014-08-21
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incorporation · NEWINC

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 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Mcclymont Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence	21/08/2016
Mrs Laura Mcclymont Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence	21/08/2016

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

Incorporated2014-08-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

1 Ramoyle

Dunblane

Perthshire

FK15 0BB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-04

Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCCLYMONT, David→

director · ~66y · appointed 2014-08-21

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MCCLYMONT, Laura→

director · ~64y · appointed 2014-08-21

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