CENTRAL CARS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC594070 · ltd · incorporated 2018-04-11
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
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 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees-900-900

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-10-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-08
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2023-02-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2023-02-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-10-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-10-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2019-09-24
    ➖
    MCGILL, Denis resigned
    director
  17. 2019-09-01
    ➕
    MACKIE, Scott appointed
    director
  18. 2018-08-03
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2018-04-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CENTRAL CARS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  20. 2018-04-11
    ➕
    LIN, Nicola appointed
    secretary
  21. 2018-04-11
    ➕
    LIN, Shih-Chang appointed
    director
  22. 2018-04-11
    ➕
    MCGILL, Denis appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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.)

Group structure

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

🏛️
Lin Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CENTRAL CARS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
This company · SC594070

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
Lin Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares09/01/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Shih-Chang Linceased 09/01/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Nicola Linceased 09/01/2023· 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
Incorporated2018-04-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

5 Spey Walk
Motherwell
ML1 4ST
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

LIN, Nicola→
secretary · appointed 2018-04-11
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Active
LIN, Shih-Chang→
director · ~56y · appointed 2018-04-11
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Active
MACKIE, Scott→
director · ~49y · appointed 2019-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCGILL, Denis→
director · ~63y · appointed 2018-04-11 · resigned 2019-09-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-02-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06