RS AUTO (MONTROSE) LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC627766 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-16
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 4 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 70 → 90
  • · Opportunity score: 63 → 71
  • · Bankability: 65 → 75
  • · Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
  • · 4 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 4 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • ↑Opportunity score: 63 → 71
  • ↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
  • ↑Bankability: 65 → 75
  • ↑Filings: 22 → 23
  • ·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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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. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees5500

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-04-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-08-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-04-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-04-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-04-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-05-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-04-16
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    Company incorporated
    As RS AUTO (MONTROSE) LTD
  17. 2019-04-16
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    MILNE, Christopher Alexander Vittorio appointed
    director
  18. 2019-04-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Alexander Vittorio Milne
Individual · British · DOB 01/1988 · age 38
75–100%
—75-100% shares16/04/2019

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
Incorporated2019-04-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit 10 Brent Avenue
Montrose
DD10 9PB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MILNE, Christopher Alexander Vittorio→
director · ~38y · appointed 2019-04-16
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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-31