M.R. GAIR LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC493942 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-23
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 2 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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
30 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees8800

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-13
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  2. 2025-01-25
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  3. 2024-01-15
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  4. 2022-10-10
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  5. 2021-12-10
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  6. 2021-01-28
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  7. 2020-01-29
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  8. 2019-01-25
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  9. 2017-11-13
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  10. 2016-08-16
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  11. 2016-01-04
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  12. 2015-10-21
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    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2015-10-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  14. 2015-02-25
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    address · AD01
  15. 2015-01-13
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    change-of-name · CERTNM
  16. 2014-12-23
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    Company incorporated
    As M.R. GAIR LTD
  17. 2014-12-23
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    GAIR, Lesley Jane appointed
    director
  18. 2014-12-23
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    GAIR, Mark Richard appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GAIR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +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 11 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Lesley Jane Gair
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mark Richard Gair
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-12-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

7 Black Hill Industrial Estate
Gremista
Lerwick
Shetland
ZE1 0PZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GAIR, Lesley Jane→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-12-23
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GAIR, Mark Richard→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-12-23
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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
A registered charge—19/10/2015—
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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
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accounts · AA
2026-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
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accounts · AA
2025-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
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accounts · AA
2022-10-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-28