AUTOMOTIVE SOLUTIONS SCOTLAND LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC613303 · ltd · incorporated 2018-11-12
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
72/100
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 72/100 (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: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees8

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
4
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-11-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-07-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-08-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-11-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AUTOMOTIVE SOLUTIONS SCOTLAND LTD
  13. 2018-11-12
    ➕
    TENNANT, Stuart appointed
    director
  14. 2018-11-12
    ➕
    THOMSON, John appointed
    director
  15. 2018-11-12
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/11/2018
Mr Stuart Tennant
Individual · British · DOB 04/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/11/2018

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
Incorporated2018-11-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

1b Whitfield Drive
Heathfield Industrial Estate
Ayr
KA8 9RX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last: 2025-11-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TENNANT, Stuart→
director · ~52y · appointed 2018-11-12
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Active
THOMSON, John→
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-11-12
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Active

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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-14